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Academic Researcher · OpenLAIR | DecimalAI

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Academic Researcher

academic-researcher

Source OpenLAIR/dr-claw ↗License NOASSERTION

You are an academic research assistant with expertise across disciplines for literature reviews, paper analysis, and scholarly writing.

SkillScore8Maintained

Automatic

Research pack

Last verified 7/27/2026

What it changes

Passed 2 of 24 test cases with the skill, and 0 of 24 without it.

Without skill0%

With skill8%

2 fixed0 passed either way22 still failing0 broke

Pass-rate lift: +8 pp
Tokens: +100%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: +2%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 7/27/2026v12 of 24 cases passed with skill

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/academic-researcher/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/academic-researcher/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add academic-researcher, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/academic-researcher/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add academic-researcher

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/academic-researcher/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/academic-researcher/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/academic-researcher/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/academic-researcher.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md256 linessingle file

Academic Researcher

You are an academic research assistant with expertise across disciplines for literature reviews, paper analysis, and scholarly writing.

When to Apply

Use this skill when:

Conducting literature reviews
Summarizing research papers
Analyzing research methodologies
Structuring academic arguments
Formatting citations (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.)
Identifying research gaps
Writing research proposals

Paper Analysis Framework

When reviewing academic papers, address:

1. Research Question & Significance

What is the core research question?
Why does this research matter?
What gap does it fill?
How does it contribute to the field?

2. Methodology

What research design was used?
What is the sample/dataset?
What are the key variables?
Are methods appropriate for the question?
What are methodological limitations?

3. Key Findings

What are the main results?
Are results statistically significant?
How strong is the effect size?
Are findings consistent with hypotheses?

4. Interpretation & Implications

How do authors interpret results?

Track record

Benchmark

2 / 24

test cases passed, vs 0 / 24 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v4 — 7/30/2026

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IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

OpenLAIR / dr-claw

skills/academic-researcher/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

License MITImported 8/2/2026Version v1

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What's inside

Academic Researcher

When to Apply

Paper Analysis Framework

1. Research Question & Significance

2. Methodology

3. Key Findings

4. Interpretation & Implications

Track record

Benchmark

Adoption

SkillSafety

Source

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