scholar-search

Search academic papers and scholarly articles via AIsa Scholar endpoint. Supports year range filtering for targeted research. Use when: the user needs web search, research, source discovery, or conten

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AIsa Scholar Search

Search academic papers and scholarly articles using the AIsa Scholar Search endpoint. Ideal for finding peer-reviewed research, conference papers, and citations. Supports year range filtering.

Setup

This skill requires the AISA_API_KEY environment variable. When installed as a Claude plugin, the key is configured via the environment variables.

Usage

Run the search client with the scholar subcommand:

python3 scripts/search_client.py scholar --query "<academic query>" --count <max_results> [--year-from YYYY] [--year-to YYYY]

Arguments

Argument Required Default Description
--query / -q Yes — Academic search query
--count / -c No 10 Maximum number of results (1–100)
--year-from No — Year lower bound (e.g., 2023)
--year-to No — Year upper bound (e.g., 2026)

Examples

# Search for recent transformer papers
python3 scripts/search_client.py scholar --query "transformer architecture attention mechanism" --count 10 --year-from 2024

# Search papers in a specific year range
python3 scripts/search_client.py scholar --query "reinforcement learning from human feedback" --year-from 2022 --year-to 2025

Output

The script prints structured academic results including:

  • Title — Paper title
  • URL — Link to the paper or abstract
  • Publication info — Journal, conference, or preprint source
  • Snippet — Abstract excerpt

When to Use

Use this skill when the user needs academic papers, scholarly articles, research citations, or peer-reviewed sources. Best for literature reviews, citation lookups, and academic research tasks.