AI4Scholar

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

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

Ai4Scholar