Is the Semantic Scholar Search skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from Agents365-ai/semanticscholar-skill. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Semantic Scholar Search SkillProof Score?

9.6/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 5/5.

How do I install Semantic Scholar Search?

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 Semantic Scholar Search 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.

Semantic Scholar Search

Structured 4-phase Semantic Scholar search with a Python helper that handles rate limits and boolean queries.

by Agents365-ai · Agents365-ai/semanticscholar-skill

Tested · Works

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Tested · Works
Score: 9.6/10
Tested: Jul 14, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · 7412e88

Live-tested against the real API: a naive direct call (no skill) hit a 429 immediately, while the skill's s2.py script (built-in backoff, snake_case-to-camelCase filter translation) returned 10 real, correctly-filtered RAG-for-code papers with citation counts on the first try.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 5/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 9/10
Docs & honesty 5/5

What Semantic Scholar Search does

Searches academic papers, citations, and authors via the Semantic Scholar API through a 4-phase plan-execute-present-followup workflow, defaulting to bulk boolean search per Semantic Scholar's own guidance. Ships a Python helper (s2.py) with automatic rate-limiting and exponential backoff for both keyed and anonymous use, plus formatters for tables, citation intent, and BibTeX export. Use for literature search, citation analysis, author lookup, or paper-recommendation requests.

How to install Semantic Scholar Search

git clone https://github.com/Agents365-ai/semanticscholar-skill
cd semanticscholar-skill
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r skills/semanticscholar-skill ~/.claude/skills/semanticscholar-skill

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Semantic Scholar Search

/semanticscholar-skill Structured 4-phase Semantic Scholar search with a Python helper that handles rate limits and boolean queries.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Search Semantic Scholar for papers on transformer attention
Find citation counts and authors for this paper on arXiv
Do a literature review on graph neural networks for me

Frequently asked questions

Is the Semantic Scholar Search skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from Agents365-ai/semanticscholar-skill. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Semantic Scholar Search work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 14, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Live-tested against the real API: a naive direct call (no skill) hit a 429 immediately, while the skill's s2.py script (built-in backoff, snake_case-to-camelCase filter translation) returned 10 real, correctly-filtered RAG-for-code papers with citation counts on the first try.
What is the Semantic Scholar Search SkillProof Score?: 9.6/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
How do I install Semantic Scholar Search?: 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 Semantic Scholar Search 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.