sci-hub-search SKILL.md skillA
sci-hub-search from pantheon-org/tekhne is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add pantheon-org/tekhne/sci-hub-search@git:20260721.cca71b6Pins git:20260721.cca71b6 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- pantheon-org/tekhne
- Path
skills/documentation/research/sci-hub-search/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260721.cca71b6, committed Jul 21, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 10, 2026
- Size
- 6,446 bytes
- Repository stars
- 10
- License
- MIT
Search and download academic papers through Sci-Hub by DOI, title, or keyword. Supports PDF download, metadata extraction, and automatic mirror detection via CrossRef integration. Use when a paper is behind a paywall and you have the DOI or title. Triggers: sci-hub, download paper, fetch paper, academic paper download, paper by DOI, paper access, paywall bypass, retrieve paper, get full text, paper download.
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
# Sci-Hub Search
Search and download academic papers through Sci-Hub by DOI, title, or keyword. Supports direct PDF download, metadata extraction, and automatic mirror detection.
## When to Use
- Fetching a full-text PDF when only a DOI, title, or keyword is known
- Downloading papers that are behind a paywall and unavailable via open-access channels
- Extracting structured metadata (title, author, year, PDF URL) for a known DOI
- Automating paper retrieval in a research pipeline after `triage-paper` identifies a target
## When Not to Use
- The paper is freely available on arxiv or via DOI — prefer the direct source
- The `sci-hub` MCP server is configured — ALWAYS prefer the MCP; no Python setup required
### Recommended MCP Server
When available, prefer the [Sci-Hub-MCP-Server](https://github.com/JackKuo666/Sci-Hub-MCP-Server):
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"sci-hub": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["sci-hub-mcp-server"]
}
}
}
```
- Sci-Hub availability is restricted or blocked in your region — check legal status first
- You need citation graphs or author profiles — use `semantic-scholar-search` instead
## Mindset
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add pantheon-org/tekhne/sci-hub-search@sha256:c9b6867540435832The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260721.cca71b6, 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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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Apr 10, 2026 and Jul 21, 2026, about one every 51 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260721.cca71b6 latest | 2026-07-21 | cca71b6 | 6,446 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260411.33e0546 | 2026-04-11 | 33e0546 | 6,405 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260410.266faba | 2026-04-10 | 266faba | 6,403 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (6446 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
pantheon-org/tekhne · 10 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vthf3mtzuj6bx2ei GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=pantheon-org/tekhne/sci-hub-search GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c9b68675404358325304ccd2800d282047c85064e320d3c786ca3798d6a530f0
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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.