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Scholar - Research Paper Sidecar Companion · first-fluke | DecimalAI

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Scholar - Research Paper Sidecar Companion

first-fluke/oma-scholar

Source first-fluke/oh-my-agent ↗License MIT

Scholarly research companion using Knows sidecar spec (.knows.yaml). Generates, validates, reviews, queries, and compares structured research-paper sidecars, and fetches them from knows.academy.

SkillScore68Maintained

Automatic

Research pack

Last verified 8/27/2026

What it changes

Passed 13 of 19 test cases with the skill, and 5 of 19 without it.

Without skill27%

With skill68%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Targets the review@1 schema profile.
Executes oma scholar get with the paper DOI.
Targets spec version v0.9.0 or profile paper@1.

and 9 more in the full report

10 fixed5 passed either way6 still failing1 broke

Pass-rate lift: +41 pp
Tokens: +163%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -59%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/27/2026v415 of 22 cases passed with skill · 19 comparable

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/first-fluke-oma-scholar/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/first-fluke-oma-scholar/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add first-fluke-oma-scholar, 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/first-fluke-oma-scholar/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add first-fluke-oma-scholar

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

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/first-fluke-oma-scholar/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/first-fluke-oma-scholar/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/first-fluke-oma-scholar/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/first-fluke-oma-scholar.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

One of 10 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 10

Prompt

I want to fetch only the claim statements section of sidecar `knows:generated/reconvla/1.0.0` to minimize token consumption. Which command option restricts retrieval to statements?

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Includes the --section statements parameter with oma scholar get.	Missed	Passed

case-18 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/27/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md274 linessingle file

Scholar - Research Paper Sidecar Companion

Scheduling

Goal

Search, fetch, generate, validate, analyze, review, and compare scholarly paper sidecars using the Knows .knows.yaml spec for token-efficient research workflows.

Intent signature

User asks for academic literature search, sidecar generation, sidecar validation, paper claims/evidence summary, structural paper comparison, or peer review as sidecar.
User references Knows, .knows.yaml, knows.academy, OpenAlex, claims, evidence, relations, or paper sidecars.

When to use

Reading research papers token-efficiently via Knows sidecars (~700 tokens for claims-only vs ~10K for full PDF)
Generating .knows.yaml sidecars from your own paper drafts, LaTeX, or research notes
Validating sidecar structure (rule-based) before sharing
Producing peer reviews as sidecars
Querying or summarizing existing sidecars
Structurally comparing two papers (claims, methods, evidence)
Searching/fetching sidecars from knows.academy (2026 papers only; current counts via /api/proxy/jobs/stats)

When NOT to use

General web search or non-academic content -> use oma-search
Translating papers -> use oma-translation
PDF parsing only (no sidecar) -> use oma-pdf
Submitting sidecars back to knows.academy -> out of scope (host LLM only consumes/produces locally)
Full peer-review workflow with editor system -> out of scope

Expected inputs

Paper, abstract, draft, LaTeX, research notes, sidecar file, DOI, OpenAlex ID, Knows record ID, or search query
Desired mode: generate, validate, review, analyze, compare, or remote fetch
Optional strictness, section filter, or CI behavior

Expected outputs

.knows.yaml sidecar, review sidecar, lint report, search/fetch result, natural-language analysis, or structural comparison
Sidecars conforming to v0.9.0 / paper@1 profile
Validation status and warnings before sharing generated sidecars

Dependencies

Track record

Benchmark

13 / 19

test cases passed, vs 5 / 19 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 v5 — 8/25/2026

View 15 scanner checks

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IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

first-fluke / oh-my-agent

.agents/skills/oma-scholar/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

License MITImported 8/25/2026Version v4

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Scholar - Research Paper Sidecar Companion

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