researchlisted

Academic / literature research orchestrator. Routes intent -> best free tool first (arxiv, semantic_scholar, openalex, crossref, europepmc, pubmed, unpaywall, orcid, ror, dblp, openlibrary, internet_archive_search, oreilly_search), escalates to paid only when free < 3 hits. Auto-picks for "find papers on X", "prior art", "SOTA map", "who cites Y", "OA PDF for DOI", "author disambiguation", "literature review". NEVER WebFetch.
MikkoParkkola/nab · ★ 4 · AI & Automation · score 83

Install: claude install-skill MikkoParkkola/nab

# Research Skill — Academic & Literature Orchestrator > Replaces the 1-line `Academic: context7 | arXiv` routing in `core-minimal.md` > with a decision matrix and tested chain patterns. > All tools listed are **FREE** unless marked `$`. All via `mcp__gateway__gateway_execute`, > server prefix `fulcrum:`. ## Prime directive ``` free-first -> escalate only when free<3 hits | NEVER WebFetch (~50K/call waste) <3 hits on free -> try exa_search($0.005, semantic) <3 hits on exa -> parallel_search($0.004, multi-hop) still nothing -> widen query / drop filters before paying more ``` ## Research-type -> best-tool matrix (V evidence tested 2026-05-05) | # | Intent | Primary (FREE) | Secondary | Why | Conf | | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | | 1 |