# Academic Tools

> Use this tool when you need to streamline academic research by accessing a suite of 45 integrated tools that provide paper metadata, authors, abstracts, and citation graphs. It solves problems related to research efficiency, citation management, and information discovery by leveraging databases like OpenAlex and arXiv. Ideal for use cases requiring comprehensive academic data retrieval and analysis, with inputs including research queries and outputs including formatted citations and PDF downloads.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/hunter-heidenreich-academic-tools  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/hunter-heidenreich-academic-tools

## Description

Provides AI agents with 45 tools for academic research, integrating OpenAlex, arXiv, bioRxiv, Crossref, OpenCitations, and Wikipedia. Supports looking up paper metadata, authors, abstracts, citation graphs, and BibTeX entries, as well as downloading and reading PDFs section by section. Built on FastMCP, requires Python 3.11+ with uv.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.82
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** ai-ml
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/hunter-heidenreich-academic-tools)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/hunter-heidenreich/academic-tools-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "hunter-heidenreich-academic-tools"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/hunter-heidenreich-academic-tools` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/hunter-heidenreich-academic-tools/pull`

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