Literature Review
neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent
Conduct comprehensive, systematic literature reviews using multiple academic databases (PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, Semantic Scholar, etc.).
Search academic papers, scholarly articles, and research publications through SandBase.
Install Academic Research
$ npx skills add sandbaseai/sandbase-skills --skill academic-research -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install sandbaseai/sandbase-skills academic-research --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/research/academic-research .claude/skills/academic-research && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "academic-research" agent skill from https://github.com/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills/tree/main/research/academic-research into .claude/skills/academic-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-research", 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 install https://github.com/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills/tree/main/research/academic-researchType 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.
$ npx skills add sandbaseai/sandbase-skills --skill academic-research -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install sandbaseai/sandbase-skills academic-research --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/research/academic-research .agents/skills/academic-research && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "academic-research" agent skill from https://github.com/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills/tree/main/research/academic-research into .agents/skills/academic-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-research", 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.
$ npx skills add sandbaseai/sandbase-skills --skill academic-research -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install sandbaseai/sandbase-skills academic-research --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/research/academic-research .cursor/skills/academic-research && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "academic-research" agent skill from https://github.com/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills/tree/main/research/academic-research into .cursor/skills/academic-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-research", 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 https://github.com/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills.git --path research/academic-research--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add sandbaseai/sandbase-skills --skill academic-research -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install sandbaseai/sandbase-skills academic-research --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/research/academic-research .gemini/skills/academic-research && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "academic-research" agent skill from https://github.com/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills/tree/main/research/academic-research into .gemini/skills/academic-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-research", 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.
$ gh skill install sandbaseai/sandbase-skills academic-researchInstalls 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).
$ npx skills add sandbaseai/sandbase-skills --skill academic-research -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/research/academic-research .github/skills/academic-research && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "academic-research" agent skill from https://github.com/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills/tree/main/research/academic-research into .github/skills/academic-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-research", 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.
$ npx skills add sandbaseai/sandbase-skills --skill academic-research -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install sandbaseai/sandbase-skills academic-research --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/research/academic-research .opencode/skills/academic-research && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "academic-research" agent skill from https://github.com/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills/tree/main/research/academic-research into .opencode/skills/academic-research/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "academic-research", 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
academic-research- GitHub stars
- 203
- Token cost
- ~586 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 254 words
- Files
- 2 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 23
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
At a glance
Search academic papers, scholarly articles, and research publications through SandBase.
- Works in 2 steps: Search academic literature → Analyze and explain
- Asked for literature review
- SKILL.md covers Call SandBase capabilities, Operating principles, Workflow and Output, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Academic Research is an agent skill from sandbaseai/sandbase-skills. Search academic papers, scholarly articles, and research publications through SandBase. Use when asked for literature review, academic citations, scholarly research, paper discovery, or scientific evidence gathering.
Its SKILL.md is about 590 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/sandbase-api-map.md`).
It sits in Research & Science, covering Literature review, Citation management and Academic paper search. The repository describes itself as: 88 installable open-source Agent Skills for research, social intelligence, marketing, and business workflows—compatible with Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and DeepSeek… The licence is Apache-2.0.
When your agent uses it
- Asked for literature review
- Academic citations
- Scholarly research
- Paper discovery
Example prompts
- “/academic-research”
Workflow steps
2 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cbab581. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Academic Research loads about 586 tokens when it runs, and up to ~846 if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 59 tokens; SKILL.md has 254 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
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 sandbaseai/sandbase-skills at commit cbab581, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© sandbaseai). 254 words, ~586 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/academic-research/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- academic-research
- description
- Search academic papers, scholarly articles, and research publications through SandBase. Use when asked for literature review, academic citations, scholarly research, paper discovery, or scientific evidence gathering.
Academic Research
Academic paper search and research synthesis through SandBase. Find scholarly articles, search across academic databases, and get AI-powered explanations of findings. Read the API map before selecting a capability.
Call SandBase capabilities
Use the capability identifiers below as discovery hints, not MCP tool names. Find the matching endpoint with sandbase_discover(q: "<provider and capability>"); use its returned name in sandbase_inspect(name: "<returned name>"). Read inputSchema, pricing, and execute_as, then call sandbase_run using execute_as.arguments.name and schema-defined arguments. If a run_id is returned, poll sandbase_run_get(run_id: "<returned run_id>") within the task budget until completed or failed; report pending or failed runs without resubmitting them automatically.
Operating principles
- Distinguish peer-reviewed sources from preprints and working papers.
- Cite papers with title, authors, year, and source.
- Use academic search for evidence-based claims; use web search for current context.
- Note publication recency — older papers may not reflect current consensus.
Workflow
1. Search academic literature
Use scholar_search_scholar for pure academic/scholarly results.
Use scholar_search_web for broader web-inclusive academic search.
Use scholar_search_mixed for combined academic + web results (best default).
2. Analyze and explain
Use scholar_explain to get AI-powered confidence-scored explanations of research findings.
Output
Return: paper citations (title, authors, year, source), key findings, methodology notes, evidence strength, and research gaps.
Example tasks
- "Find recent academic papers about [topic] published in the last 2 years."
- "What does the research say about [question]? Cite the key studies."
- "Find papers comparing [approach A] vs [approach B] in [field]."
- "Literature review on [topic] — give me the top 10 papers with summaries."
- "What's the current scientific consensus on [claim]?"
© sandbaseai, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in research/academic-research of sandbaseai/sandbase-skills.
- SKILL.md
- references/sandbase-api-map.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit cbab581
Compare with similar skills
Academic Research 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Research this skillsandbaseai/sandbase-skills | 203 | — | ~586 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Literature Reviewneflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent | 126 | 20 repos | ~5.9k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Preprint Search on bioRxivLigphiDonk/Oh-my--paper | 739 | 12 repos | ~3.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Systematic Literature Review Builderbytedance/deer-flow | 84k | 2 repos | ~4.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Paper Research on arXivXiaomiMiMo/MiMo-Code | 14k | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Literature Review AgentAr9av/PaperOrchestra | 679 | 1 repos | ~5.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence |
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Questions about Academic Research
What does Academic Research do?
Search academic papers, scholarly articles, and research publications through SandBase. Academic Research is an agent skill from sandbaseai/sandbase-skills. Search academic papers, scholarly articles, and research publications through SandBase.
When should I use Academic Research?
Academic Research fits situations like: asked for literature review; academic citations; scholarly research; paper discovery.
How do I install Academic Research in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add sandbaseai/sandbase-skills --skill academic-research -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (research/academic-research in sandbaseai/sandbase-skills) into .claude/skills/academic-research in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Academic Research in Codex?
Run `npx skills add sandbaseai/sandbase-skills --skill academic-research -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (research/academic-research in sandbaseai/sandbase-skills) into .agents/skills/academic-research in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Academic Research 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 sandbaseai/sandbase-skills --skill academic-research -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/academic-research, .gemini/skills/academic-research, .github/skills/academic-research and .opencode/skills/academic-research in your project.
What does Academic Research need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Academic Research is instructions for the agent only.
Does Academic Research access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Academic Research safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Academic Research use?
Academic Research is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Academic Research use?
About 586 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 260 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Academic Research?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Academic Research: Literature Review (neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent, 126 stars), Preprint Search on bioRxiv (LigphiDonk/Oh-my--paper, 739 stars), Systematic Literature Review Builder (bytedance/deer-flow, 84k stars) and Paper Research on arXiv (XiaomiMiMo/MiMo-Code, 14k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Academic Research?
sandbaseai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in sandbaseai/sandbase-skills, which has 203 GitHub stars. The repository holds 23 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 26, 2026.
Source: sandbaseai/sandbase-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.