Sciatlas Idea Generate

What it does

When your agent uses it

• The user wants new research directions
• Cross-topic combinations
• Brainstorming grounded in SciAtlas KG retrieval

Example prompts

• “/sciatlas-idea-generate”

Requirements

• Python 3
• A credential in SCIATLAS_API_KEY
• A credential in LLM_API_KEY

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Check for the repository workflow
2. 2If missing, clone the full SciAtlas repository, change into it, then run python -m pip install -e ./sciatlas and python -m pip install -r…
3. 3Check current environment and .env for hosted KG and LLM settings before asking the user.
4. 4If SCIATLAS_API_KEY is missing for hosted mode, guide the user to http://sciatlas.openkg.cn/register; ask for email, verification code…
5. 5Configure hosted KG yourself
6. 6Configure the LLM endpoint required by the multi-step workflow

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e8873a9. 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

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • python

  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:

  • sciatlas.openkg.cn

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

• Credentials

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

  • SCIATLAS_API_KEY
  • LLM_API_KEY

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

Context cost

Sciatlas Idea Generate loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 121 tokens; SKILL.md has 705 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~121

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

~1.7k

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

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:12

  workflow, guide registration, configure `.env` or shell variables, run retrieval/generation, inspect artifacts, and synt

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:37

  3. Check current environment and `.env` for hosted KG and LLM settings before asking the user.

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:61

  then write them to the current shell or `.env` without echoing secrets.

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:70

  ne also needs its own `references/search/.env` with Neo4j/model settings.

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 zjunlp/SciAtlas at commit e8873a9, republished under its MIT licence (© zjunlp). 705 words, ~1,691 tokens.

name

sciatlas-idea-generate

description

Use only the current SciAtlas multi-step idea-generation workflow (`sciatlas_idea_gen`) to take a novice user from zero setup to final literature-grounded research idea seeds, including setup, registration guidance, workflow configuration, KG retrieval, artifact reading, novelty checking, and synthesis. Trigger when the user wants new research directions, hypotheses, cross-topic combinations, project ideas, or brainstorming grounded in SciAtlas KG retrieval.

python -m sciatlas_idea_gen.main -h

$env:SCIATLAS_API_BASE_URL = "http://sciatlas.openkg.cn"
$env:SCIATLAS_API_KEY = "<token>"
$env:SCIATLAS_USE_LOCAL_KG = "0"

export SCIATLAS_API_BASE_URL="http://sciatlas.openkg.cn"
export SCIATLAS_API_KEY="<token>"
export SCIATLAS_USE_LOCAL_KG=0

export LLM_API_KEY="<provider-key>"
export LLM_BASE_URL="https://your-provider.example/v1"
export LLM_MODEL="<model-name>"

export SCIATLAS_USE_LOCAL_KG=1
export SCIATLAS_LOCAL_SEARCH_ROOT="./references/search"

python -m sciatlas_idea_gen.main "<research topic>" --workflow flash --domain "<optional field>"

python -m sciatlas_idea_gen.main "<research topic>" --workflow full --domain "<optional field>"

python -m sciatlas_idea_gen.main "<research topic>" --workflow full --pdf path/to/paper.pdf

© zjunlp, 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 1 other file in agent-skill/sciatlas-idea-generate of zjunlp/SciAtlas.

• SKILL.md
• agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8873a9