Use when a loop needs scholarly literature — paper discovery, novelty checks, full-text snippet search, citation-graph traversal, single-paper reads, or experimental-result extraction. A shared, stdlib-only CLI (tools/lit_search.py) over Semantic Scholar + arXiv (plus optional OpenAlex, Perplexity Sonar, bgpt.pro), all JSON. Not a loop itself: install it alongside the loops and let any of them call it instead of vendoring their own copy. Degrades to the caller's WebSearch/WebFetch.
How to install literature-search?
gaasher/agent-loop-skills/literature-search
$npx -y skills add gaasher/agent-loop-skills --skill literature-searchInstalls into the current project.
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Run `npx skills use "https://github.com/gaasher/agent-loop-skills" --skill "gaasher/agent-loop-skills/literature-search"` and follow the generated skill instructions now. Read its complete output, redirecting it to a temporary file first if necessary. Resolve relative paths from the supporting-files directory it provides.
Use the skills in "https://github.com/gaasher/agent-loop-skills" that are relevant to the current task. Run `npx skills add "https://github.com/gaasher/agent-loop-skills"` and select the relevant skills, then follow their instructions.
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