Baidu Scholar Search Skill

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Baidu Scholar Search - Search Chinese and English academic literature (journals, conferences, papers, etc.)

Instructions available. Your AI can read the instructions. Execution depends on the setup they require.

Add ahel to your AI once: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex. Then ask it to use this.

Then ask your AI: use the Baidu Scholar Search Skill skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by hepai-lab/drsai in skills/clawhub_ai_collection/baidu-scholar-search-skill/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Features

Search Chinese and English academic literature by keyword, including journal papers, conference papers, dissertations, etc.

LLM Usage Guide

Basic Usage

bash baidu_scholar_search.sh "keyword"
bash baidu_scholar_search.sh "keyword" page_number
bash baidu_scholar_search.sh "keyword" page_number include_abstract

Parameter Description

ParameterRequiredDefaultDescription
keyword✅-Search term, e.g., "machine learning" or "cancer immunotherapy"
page_number❌0Starts from 0, 0=first page, 1=second page
include_abstract❌falsetrue=return detailed abstract, false=return only title and basic info

Default Behavior

  • No abstract returned - Fast response, suitable for quickly browsing literature lists
  • Start from page 1

When to Return Abstract

  • User explicitly requests "abstract", "include abstract", "detailed content"
  • User says "I need to understand the paper content", "give me detailed explanation"

When NOT to Return Abstract

  • User only says "search", "retrieve", "check"
  • User says "see what's available", "help me find"
  • No explicit request for abstract information

API Specification

Endpoint

GET https://qianfan.baidubce.com/v2/tools/baidu_scholar/search

Request Parameters

  • wd - Search keyword (required)
  • pageNum - Page number (optional, default 0)
  • enable_abstract - Whether to return abstract (optional, default false)

Response Fields

  • title - Paper title
  • abstract - Abstract (only returned when enable_abstract=true)
  • keyword - Keywords
  • paperId - Paper ID
  • publishYear - Publication year
  • url - Baidu Scholar link

Examples

Quick Search (No Abstract)

bash baidu_scholar_search.sh "cancer immunotherapy"
# Returns title, year, keywords and other basic information

Detailed Search (With Abstract)

bash baidu_scholar_search.sh "cancer immunotherapy" 0 true
# Returns detailed information including abstract

Pagination Search

bash baidu_scholar_search.sh "machine learning" 1
# Search page 2 (no abstract)

Notes

  • Need to set BAIDU_API_KEY environment variable
  • Keywords must be wrapped in quotes
  • Returning abstract significantly increases response time
  • Both Chinese and English keywords are supported

Signals

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baidu-scholar-search-skill
Source
github.com/hepai-lab/drsai