academic-researchlisted

# Academic Research This skill provides comprehensive guidance for academic paper search, literature reviews, and research synthesis using Exa MCP and arxiv-mcp-server. ## When to Use This Skill - Searching for academic papers on a topic - Conducting literature reviews - Finding papers by specific authors - Discovering recent research in a field - Downloading and analyzing arXiv papers - Synthesizing findings across multiple papers - Tracking citation networks and influential papers - Researching state-of-the-art methods in AI/ML ## Available Tools ### Exa MCP Server (Web Search with Academic Filtering) **Tools**: `mcp__exa__web_search_exa`, `mcp__exa__get_code_context_exa`, `mcp__exa__deep_search_exa` **Key Parameters for Academic Search**: - `category: "research_paper"` - Filter results to academic papers - `includeDomains: ["arxiv.org"]` - Restrict to arXiv - `startPublishedDate` / `endPublishedDate` - Filter by publication date ### ArXiv MCP Server (Paper Search, Download, Analysis) **Tools**: `search_papers`, `download_paper`, `list_papers`, `read_paper` **Capabilities**: - Search arXiv by keyword, author, or category - Download papers locally (~/.arxiv-papers) - Read paper content directly - Deep paper analysis with built-in prompts ## Core Workflows ### Workflow 1: Quick Paper Discovery **Use case**: Find papers on a specific topic quickly ``` Step 1: Use Exa with research_paper category mcp__exa__web_search_exa({ query: "transformer attention mechanism