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semanticscholar-skill

Facilitates academic research by leveraging the Semantic Scholar API for paper searches, citations, and author information.

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The semanticscholar-skill skill was audited on Jun 8, 2026 and we found 7 security issues across 2 threat categories. Review the findings below before installing.

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Access to hidden dotfiles in home directory

SourceSKILL.md
66os.path.expanduser("~/.claude/skills/semanticscholar-skill"),
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Access to hidden dotfiles in home directory

SourceSKILL.md
67os.path.expanduser("~/.openclaw/skills/semanticscholar-skill"),
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Access to hidden dotfiles in home directory

SourceSKILL.md
68*glob.glob(os.path.expanduser("~/.claude/plugins/**/semanticscholar-skill"), recursive=True),
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Access to hidden dotfiles in home directory

SourceSKILL.md
69*glob.glob(os.path.expanduser("~/.codex/skills/semanticscholar-skill")),
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Access to hidden dotfiles in home directory

SourceSKILL.md
254| `ModuleNotFoundError: s2` | Skill directory not on path | Verify skill is installed at `~/.claude/skills/`, `~/.openclaw/skills/`, or as a Claude Code plugin under `~/.claude/plugins/` |
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External URL reference

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6compatibility: Requires python3 and the `requests` package. Set S2_API_KEY for higher rate limits (request at https://www.semanticscholar.org/product/api#api-key). Works unauthenticated with strict ra
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External URL reference

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234`DOI:10.1038/...`, `ARXIV:2106.15928`, `PMID:19872477`, `PMCID:PMC2323569`, `CorpusId:215416146`, `ACL:2020.acl-main.447`, `DBLP:conf/acl/...`, `MAG:3015453090`, `URL:https://...`
Scanned on Jun 8, 2026
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