ykdojo/paper-search

# GitHub Repository: ykdojo/paper-search

**URL:** https://github.com/ykdojo/paper-search
**Author:** ykdojo
**Description:** Claude Code plugin for searching 250M+ academic papers via OpenAlex. Search by keyword, look up by DOI, sort by citations or date. No API key needed.
**Homepage:** 
**Language:** Shell

## Stats
- Stars: 30
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 0
- Commits: 8
- Created: 2026-03-15T22:39:59Z
- Updated: 2026-06-18T09:20:08Z
- Pushed: 2026-03-16T01:57:39Z

## README
# paper-search

A Claude Code plugin and skill for searching academic papers via the [OpenAlex API](https://docs.openalex.org/).

## Install as Claude Code Plugin

```bash
claude plugin marketplace add ykdojo/paper-search
claude plugin install paper-search@paper-search
```

After installing, the `paper-search` skill is available automatically. Just ask Claude Code to search for papers and it will use the skill.

## Requirements

- `curl`, `jq`

## Usage

```bash
# 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 W2097529540
```

## API

Uses [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/) — free, open, no API key required. 250M+ works indexed.

Initially introduced in [45 Claude Code Tips](https://github.com/ykdojo/claude-code-tips) (Tip 27).