OpenAlex CLI Skill

Use the openalex CLI to retrieve academic metadata from the OpenAlex API.

When to Use

Invoke this skill when the user needs to:

• Search for academic papers or scholarly works
• Find information about authors, institutions, or journals
• Track citations (who cited a paper, what a paper references)
• Discover related works or research topics
• Look up metadata by DOI, ORCID, or OpenAlex ID
• Analyze publication trends or research metrics

Initial Setup

First time using this skill? Read references/setup.md for installation and API key configuration.

Prerequisites