Aris Semantic Scholar

What it does

When your agent uses it

• User says search semantic scholar
• Find IEEE papers
• Find journal papers
• Citation search

Example prompts

• “search semantic scholar”
• “find IEEE papers”
• “find journal papers”
• “/aris-semantic-scholar”

Requirements

• Python 3
• A credential in SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash(*), Read, Write

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1Parse Arguments
2. 2Search Papers
3. 3Fetch Details for a Specific Paper
4. 4De-duplicate Against arXiv
5. 5Present Results
6. 6Detailed Summary
7. 7Final Output

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d51b64e. 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:

  • Bash(*)
  • Read
  • Write

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • python3

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

  • api.semanticscholar.org
  • doi.org

  Also links to:

  • semanticscholar.org

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

  • SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Aris Semantic Scholar loads about 2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 92 tokens; SKILL.md has 710 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~92

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~2k

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

• NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md

  allowed-tools: Bash(*), Read, Write

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 OpenLAIR/dr-claw at commit d51b64e, republished under its MIT licence (© OpenLAIR). 710 words, ~2,027 tokens.

name

aris-semantic-scholar

description

Search published venue papers (IEEE, ACM, Springer, etc.) via Semantic Scholar API. Complements /aris-arxiv (preprints) with citation counts, venue metadata, and TLDR. Use when user says "search semantic scholar", "find IEEE papers", "find journal papers", "venue papers", "citation search", or wants published literature beyond arXiv preprints.

allowed-tools

Bash(*), Read, Write

argument-hint

query-or-paper-id

license

MIT

metadata.author

wanshuiyin/ARIS

metadata.version

1.0.0

SCRIPT=$(find tools/ -name "semantic_scholar_fetch.py" 2>/dev/null | head -1)
[ -z "$SCRIPT" ] && SCRIPT=$(find ~/.claude/skills/semantic-scholar/ -name "semantic_scholar_fetch.py" 2>/dev/null | head -1)

python3 "$SCRIPT" search "QUERY" --max MAX_RESULTS \
  --fields-of-study "Computer Science,Engineering" \
  --publication-types JournalArticle,Conference

python3 "$SCRIPT" search-bulk "QUERY" --max MAX_RESULTS \
  --sort citationCount:desc \
  --fields-of-study "Computer Science" \
  --year "2020-"

python3 "$SCRIPT" paper "PAPER_ID"

| # | Title | Venue | Year | Citations | Authors | Type |
|---|-------|-------|------|-----------|---------|------|
| 1 | Deep Learning Enabled... | IEEE Trans. Signal Process. | 2021 | 1364 | Xie et al. | Journal |

## [Title]

- **Venue**: [venue name] ([publicationVenue.type]: journal/conference)
- **Year**: [year] | **Citations**: [citationCount]
- **Authors**: [full author list]
- **DOI**: [doi link]
- **Fields**: [fieldsOfStudy]
- **TLDR**: [tldr.text if available]
- **Abstract**: [abstract]
- **Open Access**: [openAccessPdf.url or "Not available"]
- **Also on arXiv**: [ArXiv ID if exists, else "No"]

/aris-arxiv "topic"           - search arXiv preprints (complements this search)
/aris-research-lit "topic"    - multi-source review: Zotero + local PDFs + arXiv + S2
/aris-novelty-check "idea"    - verify novelty against literature

© OpenLAIR, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/aris-semantic-scholar of OpenLAIR/dr-claw.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d51b64e

Used in 1 other repository

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in OpenLAIR/dr-claw, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• Tai609/NebulaMatruntime/skills-bundle/aris-semantic-scholarruntime/aris/skills-nebulamat/aris-semantic-scholar