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Paper Search Usage

fcakyon/paper-search-usage

This skill should be used when user asks to "search for papers", "find research papers", "search arXiv", "search PubMed", "find academic papers", "search IEEE", "search Scopus", or "look up scientific literature".

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/fcakyon/claude-codex-settings --skill paper-search-usage

The instruction itself

4 sections, as written by the author

Paper Search MCP

Search academic papers across multiple platforms.

Supported Platforms

  • arXiv (preprints)
  • PubMed (biomedical)
  • IEEE Xplore (engineering)
  • Scopus (multidisciplinary)
  • ACM Digital Library (computer science)
  • Semantic Scholar (AI-powered)

Usage

Use mcp__paper-search__* tools to search papers by keywords, authors, or topics.

Best Practices

  • Start with broad searches, then narrow down
  • Use platform-specific searches for domain-specific papers
  • Combine multiple sources for comprehensive literature reviews

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take fcakyon/paper-search-usage from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

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