Paper Search

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Claude Code plugin for searching 250M+ academic papers via OpenAlex. Search by keyword, look up by DOI, sort by citations or date. No API key needed.

1 Plugin

Purpose

To enable users to easily discover and retrieve information about academic papers directly within their Claude Code environment without needing API keys.

Features

Search academic papers by keyword
Look up papers by DOI or OpenAlex ID
Sort search results by citation count or publication date
Paginate through search results

Use Cases

Finding relevant research papers for a specific topic.
Quickly retrieving details of a known paper using its DOI.
Exploring the citation network of academic literature.

Non-Goals

Providing full-text access to papers.
Performing complex bibliometric analysis.
Replacing dedicated academic search engines like Google Scholar or PubMed.

Maintenance

critical:Commit recencyThe last commit was on March 16, 2026, which is more than 90 days ago, indicating potential unmaintained status.

Versioning

warning:Release ManagementThe marketplace entry has a version '0.1.0', but the installation instructions reference `main` in the `claude plugin install paper-search@paper-search` command, which can lead to unexpected updates or instability.
warning:Per-entry version metadataThe marketplace entry specifies a version '0.1.0', but the install command in the README references `main`, indicating a potential mismatch and lack of strict versioning.

Code Execution

info:ValidationThe script parameters are not validated against a schema library, relying on shell parsing which could be brittle.
warning:Error HandlingThe shell scripts rely on `set -e` and `set -o pipefail` for basic error handling, but do not provide structured error messages or retry guidance for the agent.

Install

warning:Installation instructionThe README provides installation instructions for the plugin and usage examples for the scripts, but the plugin installation command references `main` without a specific version.

Errors

warning:Actionable error messagesError messages from `curl` and `jq` are typically returned, but they are not consistently framed with user-centric causes or remediation steps.