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Openalex citation chain starter

Skill ma-compbio-lab/SkillFoundry/skills/scientific-knowledge/openalex-citation-chain-starter

A framework for discovering, compiling, and validating reusable skills for scientific agents.

Install
npx -y skills add ma-compbio-lab/SkillFoundry --skill openalex-citation-chain-starter

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OpenAlex Citation Chain Starter

Use this skill to look up a seed paper in OpenAlex and summarize both upstream references and downstream citing works.

What it does

  • Resolves a DOI or OpenAlex work ID through the official OpenAlex API.
  • Summarizes the seed paper's title, year, DOI, and citation counts.
  • Fetches a small citing-work slice and a small referenced-work slice for deterministic citation-chain inspection.
  • Writes compact JSON that can feed later literature-triage or method-mining workflows.

When to use it

  • You need a verified starter for citation chaining.
  • You want machine-readable citation context for a canonical paper before deeper review or ranking.

Example

python3 skills/scientific-knowledge/openalex-citation-chain-starter/scripts/run_openalex_citation_chain.py \
  --work-id 10.1038/nature12373 \
  --limit 3 \
  --out scratch/openalex-citation-chain/hallmarks_citation_chain.json

Verification

  • Skill-local tests: python3 -m unittest discover -s skills/scientific-knowledge/openalex-citation-chain-starter/tests -p 'test_*.py'
  • Repository smoke target: make smoke-openalex-citation-chain

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