name: scholar-deep-research description: Use when the user asks for a literature review, academic deep dive, research report, state-of-the-art survey, topic scoping, comparative analysis of methods/papers, grant background, or any request that needs multi-source scholarly evidence with citations. Also trigger proactively when a user question clearly requires academic grounding (e.g. "what's known about X", "compare approach A vs B in the literature", "summarize the field of Y"). Runs an 8-phase (Phase 0..7), script-driven research workflow across 7 federated sources (OpenAlex, arXiv, Crossref, PubMed, DBLP, bioRxiv, Exa) with optional Semantic Scholar / Brave MCP enrichment, with deduplication, transparent ranking, dual-backend citation chasing (OpenAlex + Semantic Scholar), self-critique, and structured report output with verifiable citations. license: MIT homepage: https://github.com/Agents365-ai/scholar-deep-research compatibility: Requires Python 3.9+ with httpx and pypdf (see requirements.txt). Optional: pip install docling to enable layout-aware markdown PDF extraction (extract_pdf.py --engine docling); auto-used as a fallback for scanned/sparse PDFs. Works offline-first (no MCP required) but enriches with Semantic Scholar / Brave MCP tools when available. platforms: [macos, linux, windows] metadata: {"openclaw":{"requires":{"bins":["python3"]},"emoji":"🔬"},"hermes":{"tags":["research","literature-review","academic","papers","citations","survey"],"category":"research"},"pimo":{"tags":["research","literature-review","academic"],"category":"research"},"author":"Agents365-ai","version":"0.17.0"}

Scholar Deep Research

End-to-end academic research workflow that turns a question into a cited, structured report. Built for depth: multi-source federation, transparent ranking, citation chasing, and a mandatory self-critique pass before the report ships.

When to use

Explicit triggers: "literature review", "research report", "state of the art", "survey the field", "what's known about X", "deep research on Y", "systematic review", "scoping review", "compare papers on Z".