paper-search

A Claude Code plugin and skill for searching academic papers via the OpenAlex API.

Install as Claude Code Plugin

claude plugin marketplace add ykdojo/paper-search
claude plugin install paper-search@paper-search

After installing, the paper-search skill is available automatically. Just ask Claude Code to search for papers and it will use the skill.

Requirements

• curl, jq

Usage

# Search for papers (sorted by relevance by default)
scripts/search.sh "mindfulness meditation stress reduction" 10

# Sort by citation count
scripts/search.sh "mindfulness meditation stress reduction" 10 cites

# Sort by publication date
scripts/search.sh "mindfulness meditation stress reduction" 10 date

# Page 2 of results
scripts/search.sh "mindfulness meditation stress reduction" 10 relevance 2

# Get 25 results per page
scripts/search.sh "mindfulness meditation stress reduction" 25

# Look up a specific paper by DOI
scripts/paper.sh "https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0407162101"

# Look up by OpenAlex ID
scripts/paper.sh W2097529540

API

Uses OpenAlex — free, open, no API key required. 250M+ works indexed.

Initially introduced in 45 Claude Code Tips (Tip 27).