Scholar Search

Unified academic search across arXiv and Semantic Scholar. Supports topic search, latest preprints, paper/author lookup, citation analysis, and structured ou...

This skill appears coherent and implements exactly what it claims: arXiv + Semantic Scholar querying. Before installing or using it, note the following: (1) it will make network requests to export.arxiv.org and api.semanticscholar.org and will send your Semantic Scholar key in the x-api-key header when present; (2) the helper script set_s2_api_key.py writes the key in plaintext to scripts/.env (it will overwrite an existing S2_API_KEY in that file), so do NOT store production/long-lived secrets there if you care about disk secrecy; .gitignore lists .env, but be careful not to commit real keys; (3) the code respects rate limits (throttling is implemented) but you should still abide by API terms and quotas; (4) review the two Python scripts locally if you want to confirm behavior before running. If you want to avoid writing the key to disk, set S2_API_KEY in the process environment instead of calling set_s2_api_key.py.

Type: OpenClaw Skill Name: scholar-search Version: 1.0.4 The scholar-search skill bundle is a legitimate tool for academic paper retrieval from arXiv and Semantic Scholar. The primary script, 'scripts/scholar-search.py', implements robust rate-limiting and parameter validation for API requests, while 'scripts/set_s2_api_key.py' provides a standard mechanism for managing API credentials via a local .env file (which is correctly excluded via .gitignore). No evidence of data exfiltration, malicious execution, or harmful prompt injection was found; the code and instructions are strictly focused on the stated purpose of academic search and structured output formatting.