Paper Search With Citation
Curl recipes for a self-hosted Semantic Scholar search + BibTeX API on localhost:8111.
Test report
- Verdict
- Tested · Didn't pass
- Tested
- Jul 16, 2026
- Environment
- Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
- Upstream re-checked
- Aug 10, 2026 · 48ff3a3
SKILL.md hands you curl commands for http://localhost:8111 but never mentions you must clone the whole repo, sign up for a free Semantic Scholar key, and keep a uvicorn server running; live-tested it end-to-end and both the keyed search and the keyless CrossRef BibTeX lookup failed out of the box.
Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works
- Installs cleanly 4/5
- Triggers reliably 4/5
- Output vs. baseline 2/10
- Docs & honesty 2/5
What Paper Search With Citation does
Documents the REST endpoints of a bundled FastAPI service that wraps the Semantic Scholar search API and CrossRef BibTeX lookup, with multi-key rotation and keep-alive pinging. Triggers when a user wants to search academic papers, fetch BibTeX by DOI, or check the local API manager's health/stats.
How to install Paper Search With Citation
git clone https://github.com/LivXue/paper-search-with-citation.git
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r paper-search-with-citation/paper_search_with_citation ~/.claude/skills/paper-search-with-citation
Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/
(per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.
Commands — how to trigger Paper Search With Citation
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/paper-search-with-citationCurl recipes for a self-hosted Semantic Scholar search + BibTeX API on localhost:8111.
It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:
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Search for recent papers on transformer attention and get me BibTeX -
Look up the BibTeX citation for this DOI I just found -
Check if the local paper search API is up and healthy right now
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Paper Search With Citation skill free?
- Yes. The skill itself is free from LivXue/paper-search-with-citation. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
- Does Paper Search With Citation work with Claude Code?
- We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 16, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Didn't pass. SKILL.md hands you curl commands for http://localhost:8111 but never mentions you must clone the whole repo, sign up for a free Semantic Scholar key, and keep a uvicorn server running; live-tested it end-to-end and both the keyed search and the keyless CrossRef BibTeX lookup failed out of the box.
- How do I install Paper Search With Citation?
- Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
- Can I use Paper Search With Citation with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?
- The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.