What is the difference between 'search' and 'lookup' commands?

The 'scholar search' command uses natural language for broad research questions, while 'scholar lookup' is optimized for specific keywords, titles, or author-based queries.

How does this skill prevent AI hallucinations in citations?

It enforces an 'Iron Law' requiring Claude to run a real-time scholar lookup for BibTeX data before reporting any paper details, ensuring names, dates, and titles are strictly factual.

Do I need to authenticate to use Google Scholar Search?

Yes, you must run the 'scholar auth' command to extract cookies from an active Chrome session, which helps prevent rate-limiting and ensures reliable search results.

Can I download any paper found on Google Scholar?

The skill can download open-access PDFs from sources like arXiv or NBER. For paywalled content, it provides the URL for manual access via your institutional subscriptions.

Google Scholar Search

Name: Google Scholar Search
Author: edwinhu

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Data Science & ML

Search and cite academic literature directly through Google Scholar with verified metadata and PDF downloads.

This skill integrates the Google Scholar CLI into Claude Code, enabling researchers and developers to find academic papers, retrieve accurate BibTeX citations, and download open-access PDFs without leaving the terminal. It enforces a strict "no hallucination" policy by requiring real-time metadata lookups for authors, journals, and publication years, ensuring that citations are always factually correct. By leveraging both natural language and keyword-based searches, users can explore scholarly databases, cross-reference results against a personalized list of trusted journals, and automate the process of building bibliographies or conducting literature reviews while staying within their coding environment.

Key Features

01Open-access PDF downloading for quick reference and literature review

02Natural language and keyword-based academic paper searches via Google Scholar Labs API

035 GitHub stars

04Domain knowledge integration to prioritize trusted journals and specific research groups

05Automatic BibTeX generation to ensure 100% accurate citation metadata and abstracts

06Anti-hallucination workflow that mandates CLI lookups before reporting paper details

Use Cases

01Finding the most cited papers on a specific research topic like 'attention mechanisms'

02Retrieving accurate BibTeX citations for a list of papers to use in LaTeX documents

03Verifying publication dates and co-authors for academic titles to prevent AI hallucinations

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add edwinhu/workflows google-scholar

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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