Agent skill

Pp Openalex

by mvanhorn in mvanhorn/printing-press-library

Search OpenAlex's catalog of 250M+ scholarly works, authors, sources, institutions, topics, keywords, publishers, and funders.

Apache-2.0Auto-check: notesResearch & Science

Install Pp Openalex

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-openalex -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mvanhorn/printing-press-library pp-openalex --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-skills/pp-openalex .claude/skills/pp-openalex && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "pp-openalex" agent skill from https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/tree/main/cli-skills/pp-openalex into .claude/skills/pp-openalex/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pp-openalex", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/tree/main/cli-skills/pp-openalex

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-openalex -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mvanhorn/printing-press-library pp-openalex --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-skills/pp-openalex .agents/skills/pp-openalex && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "pp-openalex" agent skill from https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/tree/main/cli-skills/pp-openalex into .agents/skills/pp-openalex/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pp-openalex", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-openalex -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mvanhorn/printing-press-library pp-openalex --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-skills/pp-openalex .cursor/skills/pp-openalex && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "pp-openalex" agent skill from https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/tree/main/cli-skills/pp-openalex into .cursor/skills/pp-openalex/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pp-openalex", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library.git --path cli-skills/pp-openalex

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-openalex -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mvanhorn/printing-press-library pp-openalex --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-skills/pp-openalex .gemini/skills/pp-openalex && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "pp-openalex" agent skill from https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/tree/main/cli-skills/pp-openalex into .gemini/skills/pp-openalex/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pp-openalex", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mvanhorn/printing-press-library pp-openalex

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-openalex -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-skills/pp-openalex .github/skills/pp-openalex && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "pp-openalex" agent skill from https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/tree/main/cli-skills/pp-openalex into .github/skills/pp-openalex/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pp-openalex", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-openalex -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mvanhorn/printing-press-library pp-openalex --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/cli-skills/pp-openalex .opencode/skills/pp-openalex && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "pp-openalex" agent skill from https://github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/tree/main/cli-skills/pp-openalex into .opencode/skills/pp-openalex/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pp-openalex", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: pp-openalex
GitHub stars: 2.1k
Token cost: ~3.5k tokens
SKILL.md length: 1,620 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 506
Repo updated: Oct 9, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

Search OpenAlex's catalog of 250M+ scholarly works, authors, sources, institutions, topics, keywords, publishers, and funders.

Works in 3 steps: Install via the Printing Press… → Verify: openalex-pp-cli --version → Ensure the reported install directory is…
Phrases: find scholarly papers on
SKILL.md covers Prerequisites: Install the CLI, When Not to Use This CLI, Unique Capabilities and Command Reference, plus 9 more sections
Calls claude, npx and go; needs OPENALEX_API_KEY

What it does

Pp Openalex is an agent skill from mvanhorn/printing-press-library. Search OpenAlex's catalog of 250M+ scholarly works, authors, sources, institutions, topics, keywords, publishers, and funders. Trigger phrases: find scholarly papers on, look up research by <author, citations for <work, use openalex.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Research & Science, covering Academic paper search. The repository describes itself as: Official library of CLIs generated by the CLI Printing Press. Endorsed, tested, and community-contributed. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

Phrases: find scholarly papers on
Look up research by <author
Citations for <work

Example prompts

“/pp-openalex”

Requirements

Node.js
A credential in OPENALEX_API_KEY
Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Bash

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and…
Verify: openalex-pp-cli --version
Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 76de244. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
- Read
- Bash
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- claude
- npx
- go
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:
- OPENALEX_API_KEY
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Pp Openalex loads about 3.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 64 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,620 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~64
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~3.5k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
```
allowed-tools: Read, Bash
```

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mvanhorn/printing-press-library at commit 76de244, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© mvanhorn). 1,620 words, ~3,544 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/pp-openalex/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: pp-openalex
description: Search OpenAlex's catalog of 250M+ scholarly works, authors, sources, institutions, topics, keywords, publishers, and funders. Trigger phrases: `find scholarly papers on`, `look up research by <author>`, `citations for <work>`, `use openalex`.
allowed-tools: Read, Bash
author: Hiten Shah
license: Apache-2.0
argument-hint: <command> [args] | install cli|mcp

<!-- GENERATED FILE — DO NOT EDIT.
     This file is a verbatim mirror of library/other/openalex/SKILL.md,
     regenerated post-merge by tools/generate-skills/. Hand-edits here are
     silently overwritten on the next regen. Edit the library/ source instead.
     See the repository agent guide, section "Generated artifacts: registry.json, cli-skills/". -->

Openalex — Printing Press CLI

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

This skill drives the openalex-pp-cli binary. You must verify the CLI is installed before invoking any command from this skill. If it is missing, install it first:

Install via the Printing Press installer. It defaults binaries to $HOME/.local/bin on macOS/Linux and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\PrintingPress\bin on Windows:
bash
```
npx -y @mvanhorn/printing-press-library install openalex --cli-only
```
Verify: openalex-pp-cli --version
Ensure the reported install directory is on $PATH for the agent/runtime that will invoke this skill.

If the npx install fails (no Node, offline, etc.), fall back to a direct Go install (requires Go 1.26.6 or newer):

bash

go install github.com/mvanhorn/printing-press-library/library/other/openalex/cmd/openalex-pp-cli@latest

If --version reports "command not found" after install, the runtime cannot see the binary directory on $PATH. Do not proceed with skill commands until verification succeeds.

When Not to Use This CLI

Do not activate this CLI for requests that require creating, updating, deleting, publishing, commenting, upvoting, inviting, ordering, sending messages, booking, purchasing, or changing remote state. This printed CLI exposes read-only commands for inspection, export, sync, and analysis.

Unique Capabilities

These capabilities aren't available in any other tool for this API.

Research graph retrieval

works list — Search scholarly works with compact JSON, field selection, filters, sorting, and live API fallback.
authors list — Search authors and retrieve canonical OpenAlex author records for citation and collaborator research.
institutions list — Search institutions with country/type metadata for affiliation and ecosystem analysis.
sources list — Search journals, repositories, and venues with compact agent-oriented output.
topics list — Explore OpenAlex topics for research-area discovery and downstream filtering.

Command Reference

authors — People who create scholarly works

openalex-pp-cli authors get — Retrieve a single author by OpenAlex ID or ORCID.
openalex-pp-cli authors list — Get a list of authors with optional filtering, searching, sorting, and pagination.

autocomplete — Fast typeahead search for any entity type

openalex-pp-cli autocomplete — Fast typeahead search returning up to 10 results. Use for search-as-you-type interfaces.

awards — Research grants and funding awards

openalex-pp-cli awards get — Retrieve a single award by its OpenAlex ID.
openalex-pp-cli awards list — Get a list of research grants and funding awards.

changefiles — Manage changefiles

openalex-pp-cli changefiles get — Get details for a specific date's changefile, including which entity types changed, how many records, and download...
openalex-pp-cli changefiles list — List all available changefile dates. Each date has downloadable files containing every entity record that was...

concepts — Legacy taxonomy of research areas (deprecated - use Topics instead)

openalex-pp-cli concepts get — DEPRECATED: Use Topics instead. Retrieve a single concept by OpenAlex ID.
openalex-pp-cli concepts list — DEPRECATED: Use Topics instead. Get a list of concepts from the legacy taxonomy.

continents — Geographic continents (7 total)

openalex-pp-cli continents get — Retrieve a single continent by its Wikidata Q-ID.
openalex-pp-cli continents list — Get a list of continents (7 total).

countries — Geographic countries for filtering research by location

openalex-pp-cli countries get-country — Retrieve a single country by its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code.
openalex-pp-cli countries list — Get a list of countries. Useful for filtering works by author affiliation country.

domains — Top-level categories in the topic hierarchy (4 total)

openalex-pp-cli domains get — Retrieve a single domain by its ID (1-4).
openalex-pp-cli domains list — Get a list of domains (top-level topic categories). There are only 4 domains: Life Sciences, Social Sciences,...

fields — Second-level categories in the topic hierarchy (26 total)

openalex-pp-cli fields get — Retrieve a single field by its ID.
openalex-pp-cli fields list — Get a list of fields (second-level topic categories). There are 26 fields spread across 4 domains.

funders — Organizations that fund research

openalex-pp-cli funders get — Retrieve a single funder by OpenAlex ID or Crossref Funder ID.
openalex-pp-cli funders list — Get a list of funders with optional filtering, searching, sorting, and pagination.

institution-types — Types of institutions (education, healthcare, company, etc.)

openalex-pp-cli institution-types — Get a list of institution types (education, healthcare, company, etc.).

institutions — Universities, research organizations, and other affiliations

openalex-pp-cli institutions get — Retrieve a single institution by OpenAlex ID or ROR.
openalex-pp-cli institutions list — Get a list of institutions with optional filtering, searching, sorting, and pagination.

keywords — Short phrases identified from works' topics

openalex-pp-cli keywords get — Retrieve a single keyword by OpenAlex ID.
openalex-pp-cli keywords list — Get a list of keywords with optional filtering, searching, sorting, and pagination.

languages — Languages of scholarly works

openalex-pp-cli languages get — Retrieve a single language by its ISO 639-1 code.
openalex-pp-cli languages list — Get a list of languages used in scholarly works.

licenses — Open access licenses (CC BY, CC BY-SA, etc.)

openalex-pp-cli licenses — Get a list of open access licenses (CC BY, CC BY-SA, etc.).

publishers — Companies and organizations that publish scholarly works

openalex-pp-cli publishers get — Retrieve a single publisher by OpenAlex ID.
openalex-pp-cli publishers list — Get a list of publishers with optional filtering, searching, sorting, and pagination.

rate-limit — Manage rate limit

openalex-pp-cli rate-limit — Check your current rate limit status including usage and remaining allowance.

sdgs — UN Sustainable Development Goals (17 total)

openalex-pp-cli sdgs get — Retrieve a single Sustainable Development Goal by its ID (1-17).
openalex-pp-cli sdgs list — Get a list of UN Sustainable Development Goals. There are 17 SDGs.

source-types — Types of sources (journal, repository, conference, etc.)

openalex-pp-cli source-types — Get a list of source types (journal, repository, conference, etc.).

sources — Journals, repositories, and other venues where works are hosted

openalex-pp-cli sources get — Retrieve a single source by OpenAlex ID or ISSN.
openalex-pp-cli sources list — Get a list of sources (journals, repositories, conferences) with optional filtering, searching, sorting, and pagination.

subfields — Third-level categories in the topic hierarchy (254 total)

openalex-pp-cli subfields get — Retrieve a single subfield by its ID.
openalex-pp-cli subfields list — Get a list of subfields (third-level topic categories). There are 254 subfields spread across 26 fields.

text — Manage text

openalex-pp-cli text — DEPRECATED: This endpoint is deprecated and not recommended for new projects. It will not receive updates or...

topics — Research topics automatically assigned to works

openalex-pp-cli topics get — Retrieve a single topic by OpenAlex ID.
openalex-pp-cli topics list — Get a list of topics with optional filtering, searching, sorting, and pagination. Topics are research areas...

work-types — Types of scholarly works (article, book, dataset, etc.)

openalex-pp-cli work-types — Get a list of work types (article, book, dataset, etc.).

works — Scholarly documents like journal articles, books, datasets, and theses

openalex-pp-cli works get — Retrieve a single work by its OpenAlex ID or external ID (DOI, PMID, PMCID, MAG ID). External IDs can be passed as...
openalex-pp-cli works list — Get a list of scholarly works with optional filtering, searching, sorting, and pagination. Works include journal...

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Finding the right command

When you know what you want to do but not which command does it, ask the CLI directly:

bash

openalex-pp-cli which "<capability in your own words>"

which resolves a natural-language capability query to the best matching command from this CLI's curated feature index. Exit code 0 means at least one match; exit code 2 means no confident match — fall back to --help or use a narrower query.

Auth Setup

Set your API key via environment variable:

bash

export OPENALEX_API_KEY="<your-key>"

Or persist it in ~/.config/openalex-pp-cli/config.toml.

Run openalex-pp-cli doctor to verify setup.

Agent Mode

Add --agent to any command. Expands to: --json --compact --no-input --no-color --yes.

Pipeable — JSON on stdout, errors on stderr
Filterable — --select keeps a subset of fields. Dotted paths descend into nested structures; arrays traverse element-wise. Critical for keeping context small on verbose APIs:
bash
```
openalex-pp-cli authors list --agent --select id,name,status
```
Previewable — --dry-run shows the request without sending
Offline-friendly — sync/search commands can use the local SQLite store when available
Non-interactive — never prompts, every input is a flag
Read-only — do not use this CLI for create, update, delete, publish, comment, upvote, invite, order, send, or other mutating requests

Response envelope

Commands that read from the local store or the API wrap output in a provenance envelope:

json

{
  "meta": {"source": "live" | "local", "synced_at": "...", "reason": "..."},
  "results": <data>
}

Parse .results for data and .meta.source to know whether it's live or local. A human-readable N results (live) summary is printed to stderr only when stdout is a terminal — piped/agent consumers get pure JSON on stdout.

Agent Feedback

When you (or the agent) notice something off about this CLI, record it:

openalex-pp-cli feedback "the --since flag is inclusive but docs say exclusive"
openalex-pp-cli feedback --stdin < notes.txt
openalex-pp-cli feedback list --json --limit 10

Entries are stored locally at ~/.openalex-pp-cli/feedback.jsonl. They are never POSTed unless OPENALEX_FEEDBACK_ENDPOINT is set AND either --send is passed or OPENALEX_FEEDBACK_AUTO_SEND=true. Default behavior is local-only.

Write what surprised you, not a bug report. Short, specific, one line: that is the part that compounds.

Output Delivery

Every command accepts --deliver <sink>. The output goes to the named sink in addition to (or instead of) stdout, so agents can route command results without hand-piping. Three sinks are supported:

Sink	Effect
`stdout`	Default; write to stdout only
`file:<path>`	Atomically write output to `<path>` (tmp + rename)
`webhook:<url>`	POST the output body to the URL (`application/json` or `application/x-ndjson` when `--compact`)

Unknown schemes are refused with a structured error naming the supported set. Webhook failures return non-zero and log the URL + HTTP status on stderr.

Named Profiles

A profile is a saved set of flag values, reused across invocations. Use it when a scheduled agent calls the same command every run with the same configuration - HeyGen's "Beacon" pattern.

openalex-pp-cli profile save briefing --json
openalex-pp-cli --profile briefing authors list
openalex-pp-cli profile list --json
openalex-pp-cli profile show briefing
openalex-pp-cli profile delete briefing --yes

Explicit flags always win over profile values; profile values win over defaults. agent-context lists all available profiles under available_profiles so introspecting agents discover them at runtime.

Exit Codes

Code	Meaning
0	Success
2	Usage error (wrong arguments)
3	Resource not found
4	Authentication required
5	API error (upstream issue)
7	Rate limited (wait and retry)
10	Config error

Argument Parsing

Parse $ARGUMENTS:

Empty, help, or --help → show openalex-pp-cli --help output
Starts with install → ends with mcp → MCP installation; otherwise → see Prerequisites above
Anything else → Direct Use (execute as CLI command with --agent)

MCP Server Installation

Install the MCP binary from this CLI's published public-library entry or pre-built release, then register it:

bash

claude mcp add openalex-pp-mcp -- openalex-pp-mcp

Verify: claude mcp list

Direct Use

Check if installed: which openalex-pp-cli If not found, offer to install (see Prerequisites at the top of this skill).
Match the user query to the best command from the Unique Capabilities and Command Reference above.

Execute with the --agent flag:

bash

openalex-pp-cli <command> [subcommand] [args] --agent

If ambiguous, drill into subcommand help: openalex-pp-cli <command> --help.

Files

Just SKILL.md in cli-skills/pp-openalex of mvanhorn/printing-press-library.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 76de244

Compare with similar skills

Pp Openalex next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Read arXiv Paperkarpathy/nanochat	59k	1 repos	~494	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	1 mo ago
Perplexity Web Searchdavila7/claude-code-templates	32k	11 repos	~3.5k	Automated safety check: Notes	MIT	today
Literature Reviewneflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent	126	20 repos	~5.9k	Automated safety check: Notes	MIT	today
Openalex Databaseneflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent	126	12 repos	~3k	Automated safety check: Pass	Custom licence	today
Citation ManagementK-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer	2.4k	2 repos	~3.9k	Automated safety check: Notes	MIT	today

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Questions about Pp Openalex

What does Pp Openalex do?

Search OpenAlex's catalog of 250M+ scholarly works, authors, sources, institutions, topics, keywords, publishers, and funders. Pp Openalex is an agent skill from mvanhorn/printing-press-library. Search OpenAlex's catalog of 250M+ scholarly works, authors, sources, institutions, topics, keywords, publishers, and funders.

When should I use Pp Openalex?

Pp Openalex fits situations like: phrases: find scholarly papers on; look up research by <author; citations for <work.

How do I install Pp Openalex in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-openalex -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-skills/pp-openalex in mvanhorn/printing-press-library) into .claude/skills/pp-openalex in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Pp Openalex in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-openalex -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (cli-skills/pp-openalex in mvanhorn/printing-press-library) into .agents/skills/pp-openalex in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Pp Openalex in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mvanhorn/printing-press-library --skill pp-openalex -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/pp-openalex, .gemini/skills/pp-openalex, .github/skills/pp-openalex and .opencode/skills/pp-openalex in your project.

What does Pp Openalex need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Pp Openalex needs the command-line tools its instructions call (claude, npx and go) and credentials named OPENALEX_API_KEY. Our summary lists: Node.js; A credential in OPENALEX_API_KEY. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Bash.

Does Pp Openalex access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Pp Openalex safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Pp Openalex use?

Pp Openalex is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Pp Openalex use?

About 3.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 14k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Pp Openalex?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Pp Openalex: Read arXiv Paper (karpathy/nanochat, 59k stars), Perplexity Web Search (davila7/claude-code-templates, 32k stars), Literature Review (neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent, 126 stars) and Openalex Database (neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent, 126 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Pp Openalex?

mvanhorn (a GitHub user) maintains it in mvanhorn/printing-press-library, which has 2,056 GitHub stars. The repository holds 506 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: mvanhorn/printing-press-library on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

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SKILL.md

Openalex — Printing Press CLI

Prerequisites: Install the CLI

When Not to Use This CLI

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Research graph retrieval

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