Search for academic papers and get details including title, authors, citation count, DOI, abstract, and open access links.
Steps:
- Find the scripts directory:
find ~/.claude -name "search.sh" -path "*/paper-search/*" 2>/dev/null | sort -V | tail -1
- This finds the script whether installed via plugin or manual setup - The paper.sh script is in the same directory
- To search for papers by keyword:
<scripts-dir>/search.sh "your search query" [limit] [sort] [page]
- limit: number of results per page (default: 10, max: 200) - sort: relevance (default), cites, or date - page: page number for pagination (default: 1)
- To look up a specific paper by DOI or OpenAlex ID:
<scripts-dir>/paper.sh <DOI_URL or OpenAlex_ID>
- Accepts full DOI URLs like https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci8020020 - Or OpenAlex IDs like W2789811475 - Returns full details: authors, abstract, concepts, open access PDF link, related works
Tips:
- Use
relevancesort (default) for topical searches. Useciteswhen you want landmark papers. - Be specific with queries — "bilingual cognitive advantages executive function" beats "bilingualism brain".
- Use
paper.shto get the full abstract when search results show "Abstract: N/A". - The
related_worksIDs frompaper.shcan be fed back intopaper.shto explore the citation graph. - When the user asks for scientific backing: search broadly first, pick the most relevant/cited papers, then use
paper.shfor full details and cite as (Author, Year, Journal).