OpenAlex
Find, verify, and synthesize scientific literature — from "what's the seminal paper for X" through full multi-source reviews. Covers grounding claims in real retrieved sources, avoiding fabricated citations, handling retractions, and calibrating confidence to evidence strength.
Install / Use
npx skills add aipoch/open-science --skill literature-reviewInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
CommunicationSupported Platforms
Our assessment of OpenAlex
OpenAlex scores 87/100 on our quality scale, 145th of 209 Communication skills we index.
We have not analysed the SKILL.md file itself yet, so the content part of this score is an estimate until our crawler reaches it.
With 4,918 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated 2 days ago, so OpenAlex is actively maintained.
- It is released under the Apache-2.0 license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
- Its trust signals score 100/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
OpenAlex compared with similar skills
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| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex (this skill)by aipoch | 87 | 4.9k | 2d ago | SKILL.md |
| Agent-Reachby Panniantong | 100 | 85.6k | 11d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| headroomby headroomlabs-ai | 100 | 73.9k | today | CLAUDE.md |
| Scraplingby D4Vinci | 100 | 83.9k | today | MCP Server |
| LocalAIby mudler | 100 | 49.3k | today | MCP Server |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install OpenAlex?
- Run
npx skills add aipoch/open-science --skill OpenAlex. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does OpenAlex work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is OpenAlex safe to use?
- It is Apache-2.0-licensed and scores 100/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is OpenAlex still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 2 days ago, so OpenAlex is actively maintained.
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.