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This skill should be used when user asks to "search for papers", "find research papers", "search arXiv", "search PubMed", "find academic papers", "search IEEE", "search Scopus", or "look up scientific literature".
Passed 13 of 17 test cases with the skill, and 10 of 17 without it.
and 1 more in the full report
4 fixed13 passed either way5 still failing0 broke
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This benchmark measured an earlier version of the skill.
A newer attempt on gemini-3.8-flash on 10/19/2026 did not produce a publishable comparison (not comparable). The snapshot above is the previously measured run.
One of 4 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
Map each research domain to its corresponding specialized search engine: computer science, engineering, preprints, and biomedical.
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| Maps computer science to ACM Digital Library. | Missed | Passed |
| Maps engineering to IEEE Xplore. | Passed | Passed |
| Maps biomedical to PubMed. | Passed | Passed |
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
Run Paper Search CLI through the shell. If paper-search is unavailable, follow setup.
paper-search search 'object detection' -s fast -n 5
paper-search search 'object detection' -s arxiv,crossref -n 5
paper-search sources
Search returns JSON. Check errors for partial failures and retain source identifiers and URLs. Try alternate terms and multiple sources before concluding that no papers exist. Discover source names with paper-search sources; use explicit -s ieee, -s scopus, or -s wos only with configured credentials.
paper-search tool get_crossref_paper_by_doi 10.1038/nature12373
paper-search download arxiv 1706.03762 -o ./downloads
paper-search read arxiv 1706.03762 -o ./downloads
paper-search tool get_citing_papers 10.1038/nature12373
paper-search tool get_referenced_papers 10.1038/nature12373
Citation commands accept a DOI or OpenAlex work ID, not a title. Check pagination and truncation metadata before treating a citation list as complete. Use paper-search tool --help and paper-search tool <operation> --help to discover other operations and their arguments.
Verify author names, venue, and year against the published paper or official record. For numerical claims, inspect the PDF's actual table or figure; extracted text can lose layout. Do not treat a search snippet as evidence for a result.
test cases passed, vs 10 / 17 without
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