Getting it into your agent
It runs from inside its repository, so the clone comes first — what it calls does not travel with the file alone.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Zaoqu-Liu/ScienceClawnpx agentmods add skills/zaoqu-liu/scienceclaw/research-lookupWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/zaoqu-liu/scienceclaw/research-lookup)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/zaoqu-liu/scienceclaw/research-lookup"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/zaoqu-liu/scienceclaw/research-lookup/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/zaoqu-liu/scienceclaw/research-lookup"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/zaoqu-liu/scienceclaw/research-lookup.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00055 | $0.04276 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00028 | $0.02138 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00011 | $0.00855 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00006 | $0.00428 |
Grade A, and why
research-lookup scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 8d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
This is a copy
91% identical to research-lookup — 7 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 508 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Research Information Lookup
Overview
This skill enables real-time research information lookup using Perplexity's Sonar models through OpenRouter. It intelligently selects between Sonar Pro Search (fast, efficient lookup) and Sonar Reasoning Pro (deep analytical reasoning) based on query complexity. The skill provides access to current academic literature, recent studies, technical documentation, and general research information with proper citations and source attribution.
When to Use This Skill
Use this skill when you need:
- Current Research Information: Latest studies, papers, and findings in a specific field
- Literature Verification: Check facts, statistics, or claims against current research
- Background Research: Gather context and supporting evidence for scientific writing
- Citation Sources: Find relevant papers and studies to cite in manuscripts
- Technical Documentation: Look up specifications, protocols, or methodologies
- Recent Developments: Stay current with emerging trends and breakthroughs
- Statistical Data: Find recent statistics, survey results, or research findings
- Expert Opinions: Access insights from recent interviews, reviews, or commentary
Visual Enhancement with Scientific Schematics
When creating documents with this skill, always consider adding scientific diagrams and schematics to enhance visual communication.
If your document does not already contain schematics or diagrams:
- Use the scientific-schematics skill to generate AI-powered publication-quality diagrams
- Simply describe your desired diagram in natural language
- Nano Banana Pro will automatically generate, review, and refine the schematic
For new documents: Scientific schematics should be generated by default to visually represent key concepts, workflows, architectures, or relationships described in the text.
How to generate schematics:
python scripts/generate_schematic.py "your diagram description" -o figures/output.png
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 8d ago First seen · 508 lines · 55 tokens per session scan A f0759bea54a2
research-lookup is a skill published in the GitHub repository Zaoqu-Liu/ScienceClaw (60 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 55 tokens to every session and 4,276 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 91% identical to research-lookup, differing in 7 lines, and is treated as a copy.
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