What is the Semantic Scholar Lookup skill?

It is a specialized capability for Claude Code that allows the AI to search the Semantic Scholar database to find peer-reviewed papers, extract citations, and support scientific arguments.

Do I need a Semantic Scholar API key?

An API key is optional but recommended. The skill works anonymously with basic rate limits, but a key provides more stable throughput for intensive research tasks.

Can it help with literature reviews?

Yes, it can decompose broad topics into focused queries and return the top 12 most relevant and highly-cited papers, including synthesis of how they relate to your topic.

How does this differ from Zotero integration?

Zotero skills search your personal curated library, whereas Semantic Scholar Lookup searches the entire open web of academic literature to find new papers you haven't saved yet.

Semantic Scholar Lookup

Name: Semantic Scholar Lookup
Author: hyperbolic-c

byhyperbolic-c

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学习与文档

Searches the Semantic Scholar corpus to discover academic papers and generate citation-ready evidence for scientific writing.

This skill empowers researchers and technical writers to discover academic literature and generate citation-ready evidence packs directly within their workflow. By bridging the gap between local reference management and the vast Semantic Scholar database, it automatically translates natural language arguments into optimized search queries, ranks results based on impact and relevance, and provides traceable metadata including DOIs and TL;DR summaries to support scholarly claims.

主要功能

01Automated ranking based on relevance, recency, and citation impact

02Built-in rate limiting and support for Semantic Scholar API keys

032 GitHub stars

04Argument-to-query translation for natural language research claims

05Generates structured 'evidence packs' with paper IDs, DOIs, and abstracts

06Recommendation engine to expand literature discovery from seed results

使用场景

01Conducting a rapid literature review for a new research topic or field

02Supporting a specific scientific claim with high-impact external citations

03Filling citation gaps when a local Zotero library lacks relevant recent papers

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add hyperbolic-c/auto-writing semantic-scholar-lookup

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

主要功能

01Automated ranking based on relevance, recency, and citation impact

02Built-in rate limiting and support for Semantic Scholar API keys

032 GitHub stars

04Argument-to-query translation for natural language research claims

05Generates structured 'evidence packs' with paper IDs, DOIs, and abstracts

06Recommendation engine to expand literature discovery from seed results

使用场景

01Conducting a rapid literature review for a new research topic or field

02Supporting a specific scientific claim with high-impact external citations

03Filling citation gaps when a local Zotero library lacks relevant recent papers

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add hyperbolic-c/auto-writing semantic-scholar-lookup

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT