openalex-api
Query the OpenAlex catalog of scholarly works, authors, and institutions
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill openalex-api --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.
# OpenAlex API Guide ## Overview OpenAlex is a free, open catalog of the global research system. It indexes over 250 million scholarly works, 90 million authors, 100,000 institutions, and 65,000 concepts. Created by the nonprofit OurResearch as a replacement for Microsoft Academic Graph, OpenAlex provides comprehensive bibliometric data for academic research analysis. The API serves as a powerful
What does the openalex-api skill do?
Query the OpenAlex catalog of scholarly works, authors, and institutions
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill openalex-api --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.