Agent skill

Sciatlas Trend Report

by zjunlp in zjunlp/SciAtlas

Use only SciAtlas search-papers to take a novice user from zero setup to a final timeline-oriented research trend report, including setup, registration guidance, configuration, retrieval, artifact…

MITAuto-check passedKnowledge Management

Install Sciatlas Trend Report

skills CLI
$ npx skills add zjunlp/SciAtlas --skill sciatlas-trend-report -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install zjunlp/SciAtlas sciatlas-trend-report --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/zjunlp/SciAtlas.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/agent-skill/sciatlas-trend-report .claude/skills/sciatlas-trend-report && 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/

Facts

Skill name
sciatlas-trend-report
GitHub stars
160
Token cost
~965 tokens
SKILL.md length
361 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
7
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Use only SciAtlas search-papers to take a novice user from zero setup to a final timeline-oriented research trend report, including setup, registration guidance, configuration, retrieval, artifact…

  • Works in 4 steps: Check whether the sciatlas executable… → If there is no SCIATLAS_API_KEY, guide… → Configure → …
  • The user asks for topic history
  • SKILL.md covers Operating Contract, Zero-Start Bootstrap, Search Plan and Reading Artifacts, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls python; reaches sciatlas.openkg.cn; needs SCIATLAS_API_KEY

What it does

Sciatlas Trend Report is an agent skill from zjunlp/SciAtlas. Use only SciAtlas search-papers to take a novice user from zero setup to a final timeline-oriented research trend report, including setup, registration guidance, configuration, retrieval, artifact reading, and synthesis. Trigger when the user asks for topic history, field evolution, recent trends, representative papers over time, or emerging directions.

Its SKILL.md is about 970 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It sits in Knowledge Management. The repository describes itself as: A Large-Scale Knowledge Graph for Automated Scientific Research. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks for topic history
  • Field evolution
  • Representative papers over time
  • Emerging directions

Example prompts

  • “/sciatlas-trend-report”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • A credential in SCIATLAS_API_KEY

Workflow steps

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

  1. Check whether the sciatlas executable exists without invoking a SciAtlas command: use Get-Command sciatlas -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue…
  2. If there is no SCIATLAS_API_KEY, guide registration at http://sciatlas.openkg.cn/register, asking for email/code/token only when needed.
  3. Configure
  4. Use search-papers --top-k 1 as the only token smoke test if needed.

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

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

Context cost

Sciatlas Trend Report loads about 965 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 94 tokens; SKILL.md has 361 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~94
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~965

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 zjunlp/SciAtlas at commit e8873a9, republished under its MIT licence (© zjunlp). 361 words, ~965 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/sciatlas-trend-report/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
sciatlas-trend-report
description
Use only SciAtlas search-papers to take a novice user from zero setup to a final timeline-oriented research trend report, including setup, registration guidance, configuration, retrieval, artifact reading, and synthesis. Trigger when the user asks for topic history, field evolution, recent trends, representative papers over time, or emerging directions.

SciAtlas Trend Report

Use this skill to build a trend report from search-papers evidence only.

Operating Contract

  • Do not call any SciAtlas downstream command. The only SciAtlas retrieval command allowed is search-papers.
  • Own the end-to-end novice flow: install or locate the CLI, guide registration, configure environment variables, run retrieval, inspect artifacts, and write the trend report.
  • Ask the user only for email, verification code, token, or the desired time range if it is essential.
  • Do not ask the user to run shell commands when tool access is available.
  • Do not reveal the full token.

Zero-Start Bootstrap

  1. Check whether the sciatlas executable exists without invoking a SciAtlas command: use Get-Command sciatlas -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue on Windows PowerShell or command -v sciatlas on macOS/Linux. Install if needed with python -m pip install -e ./sciatlas or python -m pip install "git+https://github.com/zjunlp/SciAtlas.git#subdirectory=sciatlas".
  2. If there is no SCIATLAS_API_KEY, guide registration at http://sciatlas.openkg.cn/register, asking for email/code/token only when needed.
  3. Configure:
powershell
$env:SCIATLAS_API_BASE_URL = "http://sciatlas.openkg.cn"
$env:SCIATLAS_API_KEY = "<token>"
setx SCIATLAS_API_BASE_URL "http://sciatlas.openkg.cn"
setx SCIATLAS_API_KEY "<token>"
bash
export SCIATLAS_API_BASE_URL="http://sciatlas.openkg.cn"
export SCIATLAS_API_KEY="<token>"
  1. Use search-papers --top-k 1 as the only token smoke test if needed.

Search Plan

Run only search-papers. Use a time range whenever possible:

bash
sciatlas search-papers --retrieval-mode hybrid --query "<topic>" --time-range "<start-end>" --keyword "high:<core topic>" --top-k 12 --top-keywords 0 --max-titles 0 --max-refs 0 --bias-citation high --bias-exploration middle --ranking-profile impact --report-max-items 12

If the user asks for "recent trends", default to the last five complete years unless the current year matters.

If the field has older foundations, run one foundation search without the recent time range:

bash
sciatlas search-papers --retrieval-mode hybrid --query "<topic> foundational work" --keyword "high:<core topic>" --top-k 6 --top-keywords 0 --max-titles 0 --max-refs 0 --bias-citation high --ranking-profile impact --report-max-items 6
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Reading Artifacts

Read report.md and response.json. Build a timeline ledger:

  • Paper title.
  • Year.
  • Main contribution.
  • Theme.
  • Whether it is foundation, transition, consolidation, or emerging direction.
  • Evidence phrase.

Trend Analysis Method

  1. Sort papers by year.
  2. Bucket years into phases. Use natural breaks in the result set, not arbitrary equal chunks.
  3. For each phase, identify the dominant problem, method, and evaluation pattern.
  4. Track what changed: data scale, model architecture, retrieval strategy, benchmark, deployment setting, or theoretical framing.
  5. Identify representative papers for each phase and explain why they represent that phase.
  6. Separate "well-supported trend" from "possible emerging signal." Emerging signals need at least 2 papers or a clear recent change in framing.
  7. End with open questions and next searches.

Deliverable

Return:

  • Search command(s), with token omitted.
  • Timeline table.
  • 3-5 trend phases.
  • Representative papers per phase.
  • Emerging directions and weak signals.
  • Next search-papers queries.

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Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in agent-skill/sciatlas-trend-report of zjunlp/SciAtlas.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e8873a9

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Questions about Sciatlas Trend Report

What does Sciatlas Trend Report do?

Use only SciAtlas search-papers to take a novice user from zero setup to a final timeline-oriented research trend report, including setup, registration guidance, configuration, retrieval, artifact…. Sciatlas Trend Report is an agent skill from zjunlp/SciAtlas. Use only SciAtlas search-papers to take a novice user from zero setup to a final timeline-oriented research trend report, including setup, registration guidance, configuration, retrieval, artifact reading, and synthesis.

When should I use Sciatlas Trend Report?

Sciatlas Trend Report fits situations like: the user asks for topic history; field evolution; representative papers over time; emerging directions.

How do I install Sciatlas Trend Report in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add zjunlp/SciAtlas --skill sciatlas-trend-report -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (agent-skill/sciatlas-trend-report in zjunlp/SciAtlas) into .claude/skills/sciatlas-trend-report in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Sciatlas Trend Report in Codex?

Run `npx skills add zjunlp/SciAtlas --skill sciatlas-trend-report -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (agent-skill/sciatlas-trend-report in zjunlp/SciAtlas) into .agents/skills/sciatlas-trend-report in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Sciatlas Trend Report 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 zjunlp/SciAtlas --skill sciatlas-trend-report -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/sciatlas-trend-report, .gemini/skills/sciatlas-trend-report, .github/skills/sciatlas-trend-report and .opencode/skills/sciatlas-trend-report in your project.

What does Sciatlas Trend Report need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Sciatlas Trend Report needs the command-line tools its instructions call (python) and credentials named SCIATLAS_API_KEY. Our summary lists: Python 3; A credential in SCIATLAS_API_KEY.

Does Sciatlas Trend Report access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: sciatlas.openkg.cn; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Sciatlas Trend Report 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 Sciatlas Trend Report use?

Sciatlas Trend Report is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Sciatlas Trend Report use?

About 965 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.9k 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 Sciatlas Trend Report?

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Who maintains Sciatlas Trend Report?

zjunlp (a GitHub organization) maintains it in zjunlp/SciAtlas, which has 160 GitHub stars. The repository holds 7 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 30, 2026.

Source: zjunlp/SciAtlas on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.