---

name: sciatlas-quick-paper-search description: Use only SciAtlas search-papers to take a novice user from zero setup to a small evidence-backed paper search result. Trigger when the user wants a quick paper check, first-pass literature evidence, a retrieval smoke test, or help deciding which deeper SciAtlas agent skill to use next.

SciAtlas Quick Paper Search

Use this skill to deliver a small, evidence-backed paper search from a blank machine. The only SciAtlas retrieval command allowed in this skill is sciatlas search-papers.

Operating Contract

• Do not call any SciAtlas downstream, author, support, report, config, health, or skill-management command for retrieval. The only SciAtlas retrieval command allowed is search-papers.
• Run setup commands yourself when tool access is available. Do not ask a novice user to run shell commands unless you are blocked by missing permissions or missing human-only information.
• Ask the user only for values a program cannot know: email address, verification code, returned API token, or a clarification when the topic is genuinely ambiguous.
• Never print the full API token in the final answer. Mask it if you must mention it.
• If any step fails, explain the exact blocker in plain language, fix what you can, and continue until a search-papers run succeeds or the user must provide a missing human value.

Zero-Start Bootstrap

1. Check whether the CLI executable exists without invoking a SciAtlas command: use Get-Command sciatlas -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue on Windows PowerShell or command -v sciatlas on macOS/Linux.
2. If sciatlas is unavailable:
   • If this repository is present, install locally with python -m pip install -e ./sciatlas.
   • Otherwise install from GitHub with python -m pip install "git+https://github.com/zjunlp/SciAtlas.git#subdirectory=sciatlas".
3. Check whether SCIATLAS_API_KEY is present in the current shell environment.
4. If no token is configured, guide the user through registration:
   • Open or provide http://sciatlas.openkg.cn/register.
   • Ask the user for the email only if the registration page or flow needs it and you cannot fill it yourself.
   • Ask for the email verification code when it arrives.
   • Ask the user to paste the returned sciatlas_xxx token. The token is shown only once.
5. Configure the current shell before running retrieval:

Windows PowerShell:

$env:SCIATLAS_API_BASE_URL = "http://sciatlas.openkg.cn"
$env:SCIATLAS_API_KEY = "<token>"
setx SCIATLAS_API_BASE_URL "http://sciatlas.openkg.cn"
setx SCIATLAS_API_KEY "<token>"

macOS/Linux:

export SCIATLAS_API_BASE_URL="http://sciatlas.openkg.cn"
export SCIATLAS_API_KEY="<token>"

6. If a token check is needed, do not call health or config; run a tiny search-papers request with --top-k 1.

Search Recipe

Turn the user's request into one precise query:

• --query: the research topic in natural English.
• --keyword "high:<core term>": the main concept that must stay central.
• --keyword "middle:<supporting term>": optional nearby concept.
• --time-range: include only when the user asked for recent work or a period.
• --top-k 3 for a quick answer; use --report-max-items 3.

Example:

sciatlas search-papers --retrieval-mode hybrid --query "open world agent" --keyword "high:open world agent" --top-k 3 --top-keywords 0 --max-titles 0 --max-refs 0 --bias-exploration low --ranking-profile precision --report-max-items 3

Reading Artifacts

After the command finishes:

1. Locate the run directory from stdout, or use the newest folder under runs/.
2. Read summary.txt first for a quick status.
3. Read report.md for user-facing paper descriptions.
4. Read response.json only when report.md lacks title, year, venue, abstract, score, or URL details.
5. Build an evidence ledger with columns: rank, title, year, authors if available, why it matched, strongest clue, URL/ID.

Synthesis Method

Write the result as a decision aid, not a dump of titles:

1. State the search intent in one sentence.
2. List the top papers with 1-2 evidence sentences each.
3. Explain the pattern across the results: shared problem, shared method, datasets or evaluation style if visible.
4. Flag weak evidence clearly, for example "the title matches but the abstract is missing."
5. Recommend the next action:
   • use sciatlas-literature-review for a broader related-work section;
   • use sciatlas-idea-grounding if the user has a concrete idea;
   • use sciatlas-idea-evaluate if the user wants a go/no-go critique;
   • use sciatlas-idea-generate if the user wants new research directions;
   • use sciatlas-trend-report for timeline analysis;
   • use sciatlas-researcher-review for author-centered profiling.

Deliverable

Return:

• Search command used, with token omitted.
• 3-paper evidence table.
• 3-5 sentence synthesis.
• Suggested next skill or next search-papers query.