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Openalex Database

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jimmc414·vlatest·database

Access and query a comprehensive OpenAlex database of publications, authors, institutions, and grants via jimmc414's skill.

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Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add jimmc414/kosmos --skill openalex-database -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

jimmc414

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Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill failed 1 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

  • No undeclared network calls: failed

    Contacts 1 host that is neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: api.openalex.org.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

    Hosts contacted

    api.openalex.orgundeclared

    What it found

    • kosmos-claude-scientific-skills/scientific-skills/openalex-database/scripts/openalex_client.py:21contacts api.openalex.org
      BASE_URL = "https://api.openalex.org"

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned jimmc414/kosmos at 6cfe7f690d.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
6cfe7f690d
Manifest
kosmos-claude-scientific-skills/scientific-skills/openalex-database/SKILL.md
Scanned
5 files, 1,748 lines
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About this skill

What it does

This skill provides access to the OpenAlex database, a comprehensive and openly available catalog of academic publications, authors, institutions, and grants. It allows agents to retrieve information about researchers, their publications, funding sources, and related entities. The data is sourced directly from the OpenAlex API, ensuring up-to-date and reliable information for research and analysis tasks.

When to use it

  • Researcher Profiles: Generate detailed profiles of academic researchers including publication history, affiliations, and grants received.
  • Literature Reviews: Quickly identify relevant publications based on author, keyword, or institution.
  • Funding Analysis: Investigate funding sources for specific research projects or institutions.
  • Institutional Research: Analyze the research output and impact of universities and research organizations.

Key capabilities

  • Access to OpenAlex API data
  • Retrieval of publication details (title, authors, abstract, etc.)
  • Information on researchers (ORCID, affiliations)
  • Data on institutions and grants

Example prompts

  • "Find all publications by Jane Doe from Stanford University."
  • "What grants has the MIT Media Lab received in the last 5 years?"
  • "Give me a list of authors who have published papers on climate change and artificial intelligence."

Tips & gotchas

The skill relies on the stability of the OpenAlex API. Large queries may be rate-limited, so consider breaking down requests into smaller chunks for optimal performance.