google-scholar - Search Google Scholar for academic papers via scholar CLI
Searches Google Scholar, retrieves BibTeX citations, downloads open-access PDFs, and outputs metadata using the scholar command-line tool.
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Updated: 2026-09-19Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Search papers using natural language
- Lookup papers by keyword or author
- Fetch BibTeX citations by cluster ID
- Download open access paper PDFs
- Authenticate cookies via Chrome debugging
- Output search results in JSON
Inputs
- Natural language research questions
- Keywords and author names
- Paper cluster IDs
- Open access PDF URLs
- Local domain knowledge file
Outputs
- Search result tables and JSON arrays
- BibTeX citation entries
- Downloaded PDF files
- Authentication cookie file
Requirements
- scholar CLI installed on PATH
- Chrome running with remote debugging