An academic-paper search skill finds and checks research papers, preprints, clinical-trial records, and citations across sources such as PubMed, arXiv, Crossref, and OpenAlex. It can also work with identifiers such as DOI, PMID, and trial IDs.
Use when the user asks to batch-download academic PDFs with ref-downloader — either ALL references of one paper (Mode A: DOI or PDF input), OR a custom batch of papers (Mode B: DOI/title/arXiv-PMID list, or abstract query like "Author X's recent papers"). Not for one-off PDFs, paper search, or Zotero import.
Query OpenEvidence (clinical evidence assistant) without an MCP server. Closely mirrors the openevidence-mcp tool surface - check auth, list question history, fetch an article, or ask a new question (with optional follow-up thread). Use when the user asks medical / evidence-based clinical questions, references…
Verify citations in scientific or technical writing against scholarly sources. Use when a user asks to check whether papers exist, audit bibliographic metadata, validate DOI/arXiv identifiers, inspect a bibliography or reference list, verify citations suggested by an agent, or assess whether cited papers support…