Overview
openalex is an open-source data skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by wanshuiyin. Its author describes it as: “Search academic papers via OpenAlex API for open citation data, institutional affiliations, and funding information. Use when user says "openalex search", "search openalex", "open citation graph", or wants comprehensi…”. The project has 15k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep ~/.claude/skills/openalex`.
What openalex does
Search query: $ARGUMENTS
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for openalex is organised into these sections:
- Role & Positioning
- Constants
- Setup
- Prerequisites
- Verify Setup
- Workflow
- Step 1: Parse Arguments
- Step 2: Locate Script
- Step 3: Execute Search
- Step 4: Parse Results
- Step 5: Present Results
- Step 6: Offer Follow-up
Installation
Add openalex to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep ~/.claude/skills/openalexReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — declared in the repository topics
- Codex — declared in the repository topics
License
openalex is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep, an established project with 14,858 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code, Codex
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
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Frequently asked questions
- What does openalex do?
- Search academic papers via OpenAlex API for open citation data, institutional affiliations, and funding information. Use when user says "openalex search", "search openalex", "open citation graph", or wants comprehensive academic metadata beyond arXiv/Semantic Scholar.
- How do I install openalex?
- Run git clone https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep ~/.claude/skills/openalex in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep before installing.
- Is openalex free to use?
- Yes. openalex is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does openalex work with?
- openalex lists Claude Code and Codex — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does openalex come from?
- openalex ships inside wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 14,858 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.