A Claude Code plugin and skill for searching academic papers via the OpenAlex API.
claude plugin marketplace add ykdojo/paper-search
claude plugin install paper-search@paper-searchAfter installing, the paper-search skill is available automatically. Just ask Claude Code to search for papers and it will use the skill.
curl,jq
# Search for papers (sorted by relevance by default)
scripts/search.sh "mindfulness meditation stress reduction" 10
# Sort by citation count
scripts/search.sh "mindfulness meditation stress reduction" 10 cites
# Sort by publication date
scripts/search.sh "mindfulness meditation stress reduction" 10 date
# Page 2 of results
scripts/search.sh "mindfulness meditation stress reduction" 10 relevance 2
# Get 25 results per page
scripts/search.sh "mindfulness meditation stress reduction" 25
# Look up a specific paper by DOI
scripts/paper.sh "https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0407162101"
# Look up by OpenAlex ID
scripts/paper.sh W2097529540Uses OpenAlex — free, open, no API key required. 250M+ works indexed.
Initially introduced in 45 Claude Code Tips (Tip 27).