AI4Scholar

Multi-source academic literature search, management, and analysis plugin for OpenClaw.

Powered by ai4scholar.net.

What It Does

AI4Scholar gives your OpenClaw agent direct access to 6 academic platforms through 36 built-in tools.

Platforms

| Platform | Coverage | |----------|----------| | Semantic Scholar | 200M+ papers across all fields | | PubMed | Biomedical & life sciences | | Google Scholar | Broad academic search | | arXiv | Physics, CS, math, biology preprints | | bioRxiv | Biology preprints | | medRxiv | Health sciences preprints |

Tools (36)

Search (9)

| Tool | Platform | Description | |------|----------|-------------| | search_semantic | Semantic Scholar | Search papers with year filtering | | search_pubmed | PubMed | Biomedical papers, date range + sorting | | search_google_scholar | Google Scholar | Broad academic search via ai4scholar proxy | | search_arxiv | arXiv | Preprints search | | search_biorxiv | bioRxiv | Biology preprints by category + date | | search_medrxiv | medRxiv | Health preprints by category + date | | search_semantic_snippets | Semantic Scholar | Full-text snippet search (~500 word excerpts) | | search_semantic_bulk | Semantic Scholar | Bulk search, up to 1000 results with pagination | | search_semantic_paper_match | Semantic Scholar | Exact title matching |

Paper Details & Batch (4)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | get_semantic_paper_detail | Paper metadata by ID (DOI, arXiv ID, PMID, etc.) | | get_pubmed_paper_detail | PubMed paper metadata by PMID | | get_semantic_paper_batch | Batch paper details (up to 500) | | get_pubmed_paper_batch | Batch PubMed details |

Citations & References (4)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | get_semantic_citations | Papers citing the given paper | | get_semantic_references | Papers referenced by the given paper | | get_pubmed_citations | PubMed citation lookup | | get_pubmed_related | PubMed related papers |

Authors (5)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | search_semantic_authors | Search authors by name | | get_semantic_author_detail | Author profile (h-index, papers, citations) | | get_semantic_author_papers | All papers by an author | | get_semantic_author_batch | Batch author details (up to 1000) | | get_semantic_paper_authors | All authors of a paper |

Recommendations (2)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | get_semantic_recommendations | Recommend papers from positive/negative examples | | get_semantic_recommendations_for_paper | Similar papers for a single paper |

PDF Download & Full-Text Reading (10)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | download_semantic | Open access PDF URL from Semantic Scholar | | read_semantic_paper | Download + extract full text (Semantic Scholar) | | download_arxiv | arXiv PDF URL | | read_arxiv_paper | Download + extract full text (arXiv) | | download_biorxiv | bioRxiv PDF URL | | download_medrxiv | medRxiv PDF URL | | read_biorxiv_paper | Download + extract full text (bioRxiv) | | read_medrxiv_paper | Download + extract full text (medRxiv) | | download_by_doi | Download PDF by DOI (supports institutional access) | | read_by_doi | Download + extract full text by DOI |

Auto-Citation (1)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | auto_cite | One-click citation annotation: add real references to academic text (IEEE/APA/Vancouver/Nature styles) |

Scientific Drawing (1)

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | sci_draw | AI-powered scientific figure generation (text-to-image, edit, style transfer, SVG, critique) |

Slash Commands

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | /library | List downloaded papers in the active project | | /projects | List all literature projects | | /reading-list | Show the reading list |

Install

From npm (recommended)

openclaw plugins install ai4scholar

After installation, restart the gateway:

openclaw gateway stop && openclaw gateway start

Update

openclaw plugins update ai4scholar

Verify

openclaw plugins list
# Should show: ai4scholar (enabled)

Configuration

Set your API key in openclaw.json:

{
  "plugins": {
    "entries": {
      "ai4scholar": {
        "enabled": true,
        "config": {
          "apiKey": "<your-api-key>"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Get your API key at ai4scholar.net.

Usage

Just talk to your OpenClaw agent:

Search for recent papers on CRISPR in cancer immunotherapy

Read the full text of arXiv:2401.12345 and summarize the Methods section

Add citations to this Introduction paragraph: <paste text>

Give me a literature survey on protein folding methods since 2020

For detailed usage, visit ai4scholar.net.

Project Structure

ai4scholar/
├── src/
│   ├── tools/
│   │   ├── api-client.ts        # HTTP client for ai4scholar.net
│   │   ├── semantic-scholar.ts  # 17 Semantic Scholar tools
│   │   ├── pubmed.ts            # 5 PubMed tools
│   │   ├── google-scholar.ts    # Google Scholar search
│   │   ├── arxiv.ts             # 3 arXiv tools
│   │   ├── biorxiv.ts           # 6 bioRxiv/medRxiv tools
│   │   ├── doi-download.ts      # 2 DOI-based download tools
│   │   ├── auto-cite.ts         # Auto-citation via ai4scholar API
│   │   ├── sci-draw.ts          # Scientific figure generation
│   │   ├── pdf-utils.ts         # PDF download & text extraction
│   │   ├── result.ts            # Tool result helpers
│   │   └── params.ts            # Parameter parsing
│   ├── hooks/
│   │   └── scholar-mode.ts      # Scholar mode system prompt
│   └── commands.ts              # Slash commands
├── openclaw.plugin.json
└── index.ts

License

MIT