Paper Search
SkillSearchLets your agent search for academic papers on Google Scholar.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.
Then ask your AI: use the Paper Search skill
About this capability
Academic paper search via Google Scholar using Serper API
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by open-gitagent/opengap in examples/nvidia-deep-researcher/skills/paper-search/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Search for academic papers and scholarly articles via Google Scholar using the Serper API.
When to Use
- Finding peer-reviewed research on a topic
- Locating seminal papers and their citation counts
- Searching for systematic reviews and meta-analyses
- Grounding claims in academic literature
How to Use
- Formulate an academic-style search query
- Optionally specify year filters to narrow results by publication date
- Call
paper_searchwith the query - Review results for relevance, citation count, and recency
Result Format
Results are returned in markdown format:
**Title of Paper**
Authors: Author A, Author B
Year: 2024 | Citations: 142
Snippet: Brief excerpt from the paper abstract or body...
URL: https://scholar.google.com/...
Constraints
- Results sourced from Google Scholar via Serper API
- Supports year filtering (e.g., papers from 2020-2025)
- Snippet may be from abstract or body text
- Each call counts toward the researcher's 8-call limit per task
Best Practices
- Use domain-specific terminology for better results
- Include key author names if known
- Filter by year for rapidly evolving topics
- Prefer highly-cited papers for foundational claims
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 3k
- Forks
- 345
- Last commit
- Jul 2026
Advanced
- Catalog kind
- skill
- Gateway key
paper-search-open-gitagent- Source
- github.com/open-gitagent/opengap