literature-searcher
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Search CrossRef, OpenAlex, PubMed, Semantic Scholar, and optional Scopus; deduplicate results, download open-access PDFs by DOI, classify papers, monitor new results, and analyze coverage. Use when asked to search literature, monitor a topic, download an open-access paper, classify papers, or analyze literature gaps.
Install
npx skills add Dianel555/DSkills --skill literature-searcher -a claude-code
Installs to .claude/skills/literature-searcher/ · Each command fetches the skill straight from GitHub with the open skills CLI.
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