{paper-lookup}
Search 18 scholarly APIs for papers, preprints, citations, open-access full text, repository records, and journal OA status, and return results with reproducible provenance. Covers PubMed, PMC, Europe PMC, bioRxiv, medRxiv, arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, Semantic Scholar, CORE, Unpaywall, OpenCitations, PubTator3, Zenodo, Figshare, ROR, BioStudies, and DOAJ. Use when searching for papers, citations, DOI/PMID/arXiv lookups, abstracts, full text, open-access PDFs, preprints, citation graphs, author publications, biomedical entity annotations, deposited records (Zenodo, Figshare, BioStudies), institution ROR IDs, or any scholarly literature query. Triggers on mentions of any supported database or requests like "find papers on X", "look up this DOI", "who cites this paper", or "get me the PDF".
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- INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
- REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION
- Fetches content over the networkMatched: curl -s --get "https://
| Provider | Status | Level | Summary | Scanned |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen Agent Trust Hub | pass | SAFE | The skill is a robust and secure tool for querying scholarly databases. It implements strong security measures, including automatic API key redaction, input size limits, and explicit instructions for handling untrusted data. Automated alerts regarding remote code execution were found to be false positives, as they describe data processing workflows using local scripts rather than the execution of external code. | 2026-09-14 |
| Socket | pass | — | No alerts | 2026-09-14 |
| Snyk | warn | MEDIUM | Risk: MEDIUM · 1 issue | 2026-09-14 |
| ZeroLeaks | pass | LOW | 1 finding · Score: 86/100 | 2026-04-15 |
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Skill contents
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Directory Scan- SKILL.md
- references/arxiv.md
- references/biorxiv.md
- references/biostudies.md
- references/core.md
- references/crossref.md
- references/doaj.md
- references/europepmc.md
- references/figshare.md
- references/medrxiv.md
- references/openalex.md
- references/opencitations.md
- references/pmc.md
- references/pubmed.md
- references/pubtator.md
- references/ror.md
- references/semantic-scholar.md
- references/unpaywall.md
- references/zenodo.md
- scripts/_common.py
- scripts/arxiv_atom.py
- scripts/jats_to_text.py
- scripts/openalex_abstract.py
- scripts/paginate.py
This skill contains more than just a SKILL.md file. It likely requires these additional resources.
- Mentions a sign-in or credentialSKILL.md: api-key
- Mentions a network requestSKILL.md: curl -s --get "https://
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Stat Sources
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| Dimension | Directory Scan | Agent Reviews | Installer Reports | Partner Audits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safety | 1 flagged | warn | ||
| External Dependencies | 2 matches | none | none | |
| Packaging | 40/100 | none | ||
| License | MIT | none | ||
| Tool Access | narrow | none | ||
| Real-World Fit | none | |||
| Writing Quality | none | none |
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