Opencli scholar

Skill semantic-craft/opencli-stack/plugins/academic-search/skill-variants/claude-code/opencli-scholar

OpenCLI 技能资产与运行时插件适配器的 monorepo（学术检索 + 报销流程）。Monorepo for OpenCLI skill assets and runtime plugin adapters.

Install

npx -y skills add semantic-craft/opencli-stack --skill opencli-scholar

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Unified opencli-based access to academic databases — CNKI (中国知网), SSRN, Westlaw, arXiv. Routes to the right database given the task (Chinese legal scholarship → CNKI, English social science → SSRN, US case law → Westlaw, CS/ML interdisciplinary → arXiv). Use whenever searching, fetching papers, downloading PDFs, or extracting BibTeX from academic sources.

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Academic Database Access (cross-cutting)

Overview

Four opencli-wrapped academic databases, one routing layer. All four share the same opencli CLI surface — search, paper detail, BibTeX, PDF download — differing only in the underlying source and its query conventions. Invoke this skill whenever any database operation is needed; the skill selects the right database based on the paper type and language.

When to Use

Any of the following triggers:

Literature search for a research topic
Fetching a specific paper's metadata, BibTeX, or PDF
Bulk-fetching recent papers from a target journal (for target-venue-calibration)
Verifying a claimed citation exists (composes with claim-verification)
Monthly literature alert scans (via /monthly-alert command)

Database Selection Matrix

Language / Field	Database	Reference file
Chinese legal scholarship (CLSCI)	CNKI 中国知网	`references/cnki-database-access.md`
English social science, finance, economics	SSRN	`references/ssrn-database-access.md`
US case law, law review articles	Westlaw	`references/westlaw-database-access.md`
CS / ML / AI interdisciplinary	arXiv	`references/arxiv-database-access.md`

Routing Decision Tree

What are you looking for?
   │
   ├─▶ 中文法学论文 / CLSCI venue paper
   │    → cnki-database-access.md
   │    (queries use 主题/关键词/作者, supports 被引 / 下载 sorting)
   │
   ├─▶ English econ/law/social science working paper
   │    → ssrn-database-access.md
   │    (queries use abstract/title/author, supports RPS/Download sorting)
   │
   ├─▶ US case, circuit opinion, law review article
   │    → westlaw-database-access.md
   │    (requires authenticated session; case citation format-aware)
   │
   └─▶ Machine-learning, theory, or interdisciplinary CS paper
        → arxiv-database-access.md
        (queries arXiv API; supports category filter like cs.AI, cs.CL)

Common Operations (across all four)

All four database-access references document these common operations:

Search — keyword / title / author / advanced query
Paper detail — metadata, abstract, author list
BibTeX — citation export in the database's native format
PDF download — where permitted (Westlaw requires session, others open)

Database-specific quirks (authentication, rate limits, citation count proxy) are documented per-database in references/<db>-database-access.md.

Integration

Composes with: claim-verification (as the primary verification layer)
Composes with: literature-context-engineering (for building the paper's literature map)
Composes with: target-venue-calibration (bulk CNKI fetch for venue profile)
Tools: uses the opencli CLI adapters installed from opencli-plugin-academic-search via bash install.sh
Commands: /literature-scan and /monthly-alert route through this skill

Prerequisites

opencli CLI installed and this repository's academic-search adapters installed with bash install.sh
Optional: Zotero MCP configured for cross-referencing imported items
Westlaw only: authenticated Westlaw session

Output Expectations

Search results in structured list (title, authors, venue, year, DOI/URL, citation count where available)
BibTeX blocks in plain text, ready to paste into .bib file or Zotero
PDF paths when downloaded (checked into 01_文献/ per the init-paper scaffold)

Escalation

Database adapter returns empty / errors → run opencli-repair, then check this repository's adapter code and reinstall with bash install.sh
Query term has no matches → widen with synonyms or cross-database (e.g., CNKI miss → try SSRN with English translation)
Westlaw session expired → re-authenticate via the adapter's login flow