research-lookup

Why this score

This repo hosts 10 skills, so its 967 stars are split between them (about 97 each) for scoring.

Popularity score: 54/100 from public GitHub signals only. It shows how widely used and maintained this is, not how well it works. Not included yet: the fake-star check. The security scan is shown separately and doesn't change the score. How we rank

Security

Scanned Oct 20, 2026 at commit df5a498a81e0, with Cisco's open-source skill-scanner.

What its code does:

• Reads environment variables and sends network requests with them API clients do this to send your key to the service. Check which service it talks to.research_lookup.py, scripts/research_lookup.py and 2 more
• Makes network requestsSKILL.md, research_lookup.py:251, scripts/research_lookup.py:251 and 1 more

Web addresses in its code:

• api.parallel.aiSKILL.md:209
• doi.orgresearch_lookup.py:385
• openrouter.airesearch_lookup.py:252

These are the sites named in the code, so it's where your data could go. It isn't a complete list: code can build addresses while it runs, and a few of these may be links rather than calls. Whatever you send also goes to the AI model you use.

A scan lists patterns in the code. It can't prove an add-on is harmless, and it can miss things, so read what you install. How we scan

Alternatives

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