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Description
Search and summarize research papers in robotics and related fields. Use when asked to find recent papers, digest academic literature, or scout publications...
Usage Guidance
This skill is coherent for its stated task, but before installing: 1) confirm how the agent will perform the Google Scholar step — what browser automation/tooling it will use and whether it will access your local browser/profile or require credentials; 2) expect the agent to write Markdown files to your Desktop (~/Desktop/YYYY-MM-DD-academic-digest.md); 3) understand that scraping Google Scholar can trigger rate limits, CAPTCHAs or violate terms of service — ask whether the implementation uses polite rate-limiting or official APIs where possible; and 4) if you need stronger guarantees, request the author to specify required tooling and to allow configuring the output path and scraping behavior (or to rely only on CrossRef/API-based sources). If you cannot confirm those points, proceed cautiously.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: paper-scout
Version: 0.1.0
The paper_scout skill is designed to search and summarize academic research papers from CrossRef and Google Scholar. The instructions in SKILL.md and the metadata in _meta.json align with the stated purpose of generating academic digests and saving them to the user's desktop, with no evidence of malicious intent, data exfiltration, or unauthorized execution.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
Name and description match the instructions: searching CrossRef and (as a fallback) Google Scholar to build Markdown digests. No unrelated credentials, binaries, or config paths are requested, so the requested capabilities line up with the stated purpose.
Instruction Scope
SKILL.md instructs the agent to query CrossRef, deduplicate/filter results, and save Markdown files to ~/Desktop. It also calls for Google Scholar scraping using 'real-time browser automation' for JS-heavy pages; however it doesn't specify what automation tooling (e.g., puppeteer, selenium) or whether it will use the user's browser/profile. Writing outputs to the user's Desktop is explicit and should be acceptable if expected.
Install Mechanism
No install spec or code files are included (instruction-only). This is low-risk from an install perspective because nothing is written to disk by an installer. Any runtime downloading or automation tooling would be the agent's responsibility, not specified here.
Credentials
The skill declares no required environment variables, credentials, or config paths. That is proportionate to a read-only literature-scouting function. Note: Google Scholar scraping sometimes needs proxies, cookies, or logins in practice; the SKILL.md does not request or justify such secrets.
Persistence & Privilege
always is false and user-invocable is true (normal defaults). The SKILL.md does not request permanent agent-level privileges or changes to other skills or system-wide settings.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install paper-scout - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/paper-scout - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v0.1.0
Initial release of paper_scout—search and summarize robotics research papers.
- Searches CrossRef for structured, up-to-date papers; uses Google Scholar for backup.
- Filters results by keywords, top robotics/AI venues, and recency.
- Outputs structured Markdown digests with titles, venues, authors, abstracts, and contributions.
- Deduplicates and consolidates findings from multiple sources.
- Designed for easy, automated literature scouting on recent developments.
Metadata
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Paper Scout?
Search and summarize research papers in robotics and related fields. Use when asked to find recent papers, digest academic literature, or scout publications... It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 307 downloads so far.
How do I install Paper Scout?
Run "/install paper-scout" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is Paper Scout free?
Yes, Paper Scout is completely free (open-source). You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does Paper Scout support?
Paper Scout is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created Paper Scout?
It is built and maintained by wyp (@wyp41); the current version is v0.1.0.
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