oma-scholar
Scholarly research companion using Knows sidecar spec (.knows.yaml). Generates, validates, reviews, queries, and compares structured research-paper sidecars, and fetches them from knows.academy. Use for academic literature search, survey synthesis, paper authoring assistance, and peer review with token-efficient claim/evidence/relation access.
npx skills add first-fluke/oh-my-agent --skill oma-scholar --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.
# Scholar - Research Paper Sidecar Companion ## Scheduling ### Goal Search, fetch, generate, validate, analyze, review, and compare scholarly paper sidecars using the Knows `.knows.yaml` spec for token-efficient research workflows. ### Intent signature - User asks for academic literature search, sidecar generation, sidecar validation, paper claims/evidence summary, structural paper comparison, or peer review as sidecar. - User references Knows, `.knows.yaml`, knows.academy, OpenAlex, claims, evidence, relations, or paper sidecars. ### When to use - Reading research papers token-efficiently via Knows sidecars (~700 tokens for claims-only vs ~10K for full PDF) - Generating `.knows.yaml` sidecars from your own paper drafts, LaTeX, or research notes - Validating sidecar structure (rule-based) before sharing - Producing peer reviews as sidecars - Querying or summarizing existing sidecars - Structurally comparing two papers (claims, methods, evidence) - Searching/fetching sidecars from `knows.academy` (2026 papers only; current counts via `/api/proxy/jobs/stats`) ### When NOT to use - General web search or non-academic content -> use `oma-search` - Translating papers -> use `oma-translat
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oma scholar search "<query>" oma scholar resolve "<title-or-doi>" oma scholar get "<record-id-or-doi>" oma scholar lint "<paper.knows.yaml>" Hybrid search: knows first, OpenAlex fallback oma scholar search "vision language action" Cross-source resolve: figures out which source has the right paper oma scholar resolve "Attention Is All You Need" Get by id (knows record_id, OpenAlex W-id, DOI, arXiv:<id>, CorpusId:<n>) oma scholar get "10.48550/arXiv.1706.03762"
What does the oma-scholar skill do?
Scholarly research companion using Knows sidecar spec (.knows.yaml). Generates, validates, reviews, queries, and compares structured research-paper sidecars, and fetches them from knows.academy. Use for academic literature search, survey synthesis, paper authoring assistance, and peer review with token-efficient claim/evidence/relation access.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add first-fluke/oh-my-agent --skill oma-scholar --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 first-fluke/oh-my-agent, a repository with 1,204 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.