Skip to content
TrustedSkillsbeta
Back to all skills

Openalex Database

Listed
ovachiever·vlatest·database

Access and analyze comprehensive academic publication data from the OpenAlex database via ovachiever's specialized AI agent.

Repository

Install on your platform

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 ovachiever/droid-tings --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

ovachiever

Taken from the source listing. We haven't verified who controls this account.

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

    • 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 ovachiever/droid-tings at 7acd12a754.

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

Commit
7acd12a754
Manifest
skills/openalex-database/SKILL.md
Scanned
5 files, 1,748 lines
This is a static scan, not a review. It reads the skill's files; it does not run them, and it cannot tell you whether the skill is any good or whether the code does what its description says. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent.
What each check looks for →

About this skill

What it does

This skill provides access to the OpenAlex database, a comprehensive resource of academic publications and researchers. It allows AI agents to query this data to retrieve information about authors, papers, institutions, and grants. The database is designed as an open alternative to Scopus and Web of Science.

When to use it

  • Research Literature Review: Quickly identify relevant research papers based on keywords or author names.
  • Author Discovery: Find publications by a specific researcher or explore their collaborations.
  • Institutional Analysis: Gather data about the research output of a particular university or organization.
  • Grant Information Retrieval: Access details on grants awarded to researchers and institutions.

Key capabilities

  • Query OpenAlex database for authors, papers, institutions, and grants.
  • Retrieve publication metadata (title, abstract, authors, year).
  • Access author affiliation and contact information.
  • Explore research collaborations between individuals and institutions.

Example prompts

  • "Find all publications by Jane Doe in the field of astrophysics."
  • "What are the most recent papers from Stanford University on climate change?"
  • "List grants awarded to researchers at MIT related to artificial intelligence."
  • "Show me a network graph of co-authorships for Dr. Emily Carter."

Tips & gotchas

  • OpenAlex is a large database, so queries may take time to process. Be specific with your search terms to narrow down results.