Citation Management
neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent
Comprehensive citation management for academic research. An agent skill from neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent.
A skill your agent uses when the user provides one or more academic PDF files or an existing BibTeX file and wants the search-bibtex binary to extract metadata, fuzzy-search bibliographic sources…
Install Search Bibtex
$ npx skills add steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex --skill search-bibtex -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex search-bibtex --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "search-bibtex" agent skill from https://github.com/steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex/tree/main into .claude/skills/search-bibtex/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "search-bibtex", 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.
$ npx skills add steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex --skill search-bibtex -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex search-bibtex --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "search-bibtex" agent skill from https://github.com/steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex/tree/main into .agents/skills/search-bibtex/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "search-bibtex", 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 steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex --skill search-bibtex -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex search-bibtex --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "search-bibtex" agent skill from https://github.com/steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex/tree/main into .cursor/skills/search-bibtex/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "search-bibtex", 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.
$ npx skills add steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex --skill search-bibtex -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex search-bibtex --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "search-bibtex" agent skill from https://github.com/steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex/tree/main into .gemini/skills/search-bibtex/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "search-bibtex", 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 steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex search-bibtexInstalls 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 steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex --skill search-bibtex -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "search-bibtex" agent skill from https://github.com/steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex/tree/main into .github/skills/search-bibtex/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "search-bibtex", 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 steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex --skill search-bibtex -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex search-bibtex --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "search-bibtex" agent skill from https://github.com/steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex/tree/main into .opencode/skills/search-bibtex/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "search-bibtex", 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
search-bibtex- GitHub stars
- 115
- Token cost
- ~885 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 344 words
- Files
- 73 (incl. scripts)
- Skills in repo
- 1
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when the user provides one or more academic PDF files or an existing BibTeX file and wants the search-bibtex binary to extract metadata, fuzzy-search bibliographic sources…
- Works in 7 steps: Confirm the binary is available → Inspect PDF metadata and generated… → Search and rank candidates. In a TTY,… → …
- The user provides one
- SKILL.md covers Workflow, Source Priority, Interaction and Failure Handling
- More academic PDF files
What it does
Search Bibtex is an agent skill from steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex. Use when the user provides one or more academic PDF files or an existing BibTeX file and wants the search-bibtex binary to extract metadata, fuzzy-search bibliographic sources, refresh BibTeX, rank candidates with configurable source priority, load defaults from config.toml, and present an interactive Vim-key selection UI. Handles computer science preprints, conference papers, and journal papers through an independent CLI; does not depend on Paperlib.
Its SKILL.md is about 890 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 76 other files, including scripts (for example `.github/workflows/build-binaries.yml`, `.github/workflows/release.yml` and `CHANGELOG.md`).
It sits in Research & Science, covering Citation management. It works with LaTeX. The repository describes itself as: [PolyCite] 基于多智能体协同、多源汇聚的论文引用元数据检索工具 A command-line tool for quickly scraping BibTeX information from computer science conferences and journals, optimized for LLM Multi-Agents. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- The user provides one
- More academic PDF files
- An existing BibTeX file and wants the search-bibtex binary to extract metadata
- Fuzzy-search bibliographic sources
Example prompts
- “/search-bibtex”
Workflow steps
7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Confirm the binary is available
- Inspect PDF metadata and generated search queries
- Search and rank candidates. In a TTY, search opens the selector; when piped, it prints JSON
- For title strings instead of PDFs, use search-bibtex search-title. Multiple titles in one input are split by ; by default, and stdin is…
- Let the user choose a BibTeX entry
- If the user already has a .bib file and wants refreshed fields without changing citation keys
- For non-interactive use, select by ranked index
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b19de5e. 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
Ships 1 file in scripts/, which the agent can run.
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
Search Bibtex loads about 885 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 117 tokens; SKILL.md has 344 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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex at commit b19de5e, republished under its MIT licence (© steeliron550-ui). 344 words, ~885 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/search-bibtex/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 72 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- search-bibtex
- description
- Use when the user provides one or more academic PDF files or an existing BibTeX file and wants the search-bibtex binary to extract metadata, fuzzy-search bibliographic sources, refresh BibTeX, rank candidates with configurable source priority, load defaults from config.toml, and present an interactive Vim-key selection UI. Handles computer science preprints, conference papers, and journal papers through an independent CLI; does not depend on Paperlib.
Search BibTeX
Use this skill for the search-bibtex binary. The binary is independent of Paperlib. Grok search may be used while improving or debugging this project, but it must stay out of the CLI runtime and skill workflow.
Workflow
Confirm the binary is available:
bash search-bibtex --helpInspect PDF metadata and generated search queries:
bash search-bibtex metadata <pdf-path>Search and rank candidates. In a TTY,
searchopens the selector; when piped, it prints JSON:bash search-bibtex search <pdf-path> --limit 10 --timeout 30 --source-priority dblp,arxiv,crossref,openalex,doiParallel source search is enabled by default. Use
--no-parallelonly when serial lookup is explicitly wanted. If the user has a config file, pass--config <path>and let CLI flags override it.For title strings instead of PDFs, use
search-bibtex search-title. Multiple titles in one input are split by;by default, and stdin is accepted when no title argument is provided.Let the user choose a BibTeX entry:
bash search-bibtex select <pdf-path> --limit 10 --timeout 30 --source-priority dblp,arxiv,crossref,openalex,doiIf the user already has a
.bibfile and wants refreshed fields without changing citation keys:bash search-bibtex update <bibtex-path> --in-placeFor non-interactive use, select by ranked index:
bash search-bibtex select <pdf-path> --select-index 0 --format bibtex
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Source Priority
The built-in default source order is:
dblp,arxiv,crossref,openalex,doi,semantic-scholarFor computer science papers, this order avoids Semantic Scholar's anonymous rate limits:
--source-priority dblp,arxiv,crossref,openalex,doiInclude semantic-scholar only when the user wants it or the local environment can tolerate anonymous API rate limits:
--source-priority dblp,arxiv,crossref,openalex,semantic-scholar,doiUse --weights when ranking behavior should change:
--weights title=0.5,author=0.2,year=0.1,identifier=0.15,source=0.05search-bibtex config-template prints a TOML starter file. Config files can add custom HTTP sources and include their names in source_priority. Full config docs are in docs/CONFIGURATION.md.
Interaction
The interactive selector supports:
j/kor arrow keys to move.g/Gto jump to first or last visible candidate./to filter candidates.Enterto select.q,Esc, orCtrl-Cto cancel.
Render UI goes to stderr and selected BibTeX or JSON goes to stdout. When the user presses Enter, the screen shows formatted BibTeX and the tool attempts to copy it to the clipboard if a local clipboard command is available.
Failure Handling
Do not hide source failures. search returns explicit sourceErrors; select prints source errors to stderr before selection. If no candidates are returned, surface the CLI error instead of fabricating a BibTeX entry.
© steeliron550-ui, MIT. 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 72 other files (scripts) in the repository root of steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex.
- SKILL.md
- .github/workflows/build-binaries.yml
- .github/workflows/release.yml
- .gitignore
- CHANGELOG.md
- CHANGELOG.zh-CN.md
- CONTRIBUTING.md
- CONTRIBUTING.zh-CN.md
- LICENSE
- Makefile
- README.en.md
- README.md
- RELEASING.md
- RELEASING.zh-CN.md
- agents/openai.yaml
- docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
- docs/ARCHITECTURE.zh-CN.md
- … and 56 more
Open the folder on GitHubat commit b19de5e
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Search Bibtex 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Search Bibtex this skillsteeliron550-ui/search-bibtex | 115 | — | ~885 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Citation Managementneflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent | 126 | 19 repos | ~8.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Academic Paper Writing PipelineImbad0202/academic-research-skills | 51k | — | ~16k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Literature Review AgentAr9av/PaperOrchestra | 679 | 1 repos | ~5.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Academic Searchustc-ai4science/academic-search | 668 | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Collaborating With Claudeappautomaton/latex-arxiv-SKILL | 458 | 1 repos | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Search Bibtex
What does Search Bibtex do?
A skill your agent uses when the user provides one or more academic PDF files or an existing BibTeX file and wants the search-bibtex binary to extract metadata, fuzzy-search bibliographic sources…. Search Bibtex is an agent skill from steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex.toml, and present an interactive Vim-key selection UI.
When should I use Search Bibtex?
Search Bibtex fits situations like: the user provides one; more academic PDF files; an existing BibTeX file and wants the search-bibtex binary to extract metadata; fuzzy-search bibliographic sources.
How do I install Search Bibtex in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex --skill search-bibtex -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (the steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex repository) into .claude/skills/search-bibtex in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Search Bibtex in Codex?
Run `npx skills add steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex --skill search-bibtex -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (the steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex repository) into .agents/skills/search-bibtex in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Search Bibtex 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 steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex --skill search-bibtex -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/search-bibtex, .gemini/skills/search-bibtex, .github/skills/search-bibtex and .opencode/skills/search-bibtex in your project.
What does Search Bibtex need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Search Bibtex is instructions for the agent only.
Does Search Bibtex 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 Search Bibtex 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Search Bibtex use?
Search Bibtex is published under the MIT licence (from the LICENSE file in the skill folder). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Search Bibtex use?
About 885 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.5k 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 Search Bibtex?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Search Bibtex: Citation Management (neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent, 126 stars), Academic Paper Writing Pipeline (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars), Literature Review Agent (Ar9av/PaperOrchestra, 679 stars) and Academic Search (ustc-ai4science/academic-search, 668 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Search Bibtex?
steeliron550-ui (a GitHub user) maintains it in steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex, which has 115 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on May 30, 2026.
Source: steeliron550-ui/search-bibtex on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.