base-academic-search
Search 400M+ open access documents via the BASE search engine API
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill base-academic-search --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine) API ## Overview BASE is one of the world's largest search engines for academic open access web resources. Operated by Bielefeld University Library, it indexes 400M+ documents from 11,000+ content providers including institutional repositories, preprint servers, and digital libraries. Unlike Google Scholar, BASE provides structured metadata, license informa
What does the base-academic-search skill do?
Search 400M+ open access documents via the BASE search engine API
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill base-academic-search --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, a repository with 3,244 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.