paper-lookup SKILL.md skillA
paper-lookup from fabioc-aloha/alex_skill_mall is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add fabioc-aloha/alex_skill_mall/paper-lookup@git:20260728.80a7ab6Pins git:20260728.80a7ab6 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- fabioc-aloha/alex_skill_mall
- Path
plugins/academic-research/paper-lookup/skills/paper-lookup/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260728.80a7ab6, committed Jul 28, 2026
- Size
- 9,602 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5
- License
- MIT
Search 10 academic paper databases via REST APIs for research papers, preprints, and scholarly articles. Covers PubMed, PMC (full text), bioRxiv, medRxiv, arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, Semantic Scholar, CORE, Unpaywall. Use when searching for papers, citations, DOI/PMID lookups, abstracts, full text, open access, preprints, citation graphs, author search, or any scholarly literature query. Triggers on mentions of any supported database or requests like "find papers on X" or "look up this DOI".
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Paper Lookup You have access to 10 academic paper databases through their REST APIs. Your job is to figure out which database(s) best serve the user's query, call them, and return the results. ## Core Workflow 1. **Understand the query** -- What is the user looking for? A specific paper by DOI? Papers on a topic? An author's publications? Open access PDFs? Full text? This determines which database(s) to hit. 2. **Select database(s)** -- Use the database selection guide below. Many queries benefit from hitting multiple databases -- for example, searching PubMed for papers and then checking Unpaywall for open access copies. 3. **Read the reference file** -- Each database has a reference file in `references/` with endpoint details, query formats, and example calls. Read the relevant file(s) before making API calls. 4. **Make the API call(s)** -- See the **Making API Calls** section below for which HTTP fetch tool to use on your platform. 5. **Return results** -- Always return: - The **raw JSON** (or parsed XML for arXiv) response from each database - A **list of databases queried** with the specific endpoints used …
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How to install
mdr add fabioc-aloha/alex_skill_mall/paper-lookup@sha256:9435d48598736c52The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260728.80a7ab6, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jul 28, 2026.
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Source
fabioc-aloha/alex_skill_mall · 5 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_66ww4clq4562zs3k GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=fabioc-aloha/alex_skill_mall/paper-lookup GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/9435d48598736c52b23d07493e5d10b77602b5ea04b565455ba87dd3bec04879
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Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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