Academic Research
Search academic papers, scholarly articles, and research publications through SandBase. Use when asked for literature review, academic citations, scholarly research, paper discovery, or scientific evidence gathering.
Install
$ agentstack add skill-sandbaseai-sandbase-skills-academic-research ✓ scanned · ✓ verified, works with Claude Code, Cursor, and more.
Security review
✓ PassedNo issues found. Passed automated security review. · v0.1.0 How review works →
- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
From automated source analysis of v0.1.0. “Used” means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it’s unsafe.
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Declared compatibility
Compatibility is declared by the source manifest. End-to-end runtime verification is coming, see below.
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Academic Research
Academic paper search and research synthesis through SandBase. Find scholarly articles, search across academic databases, and get AI-powered explanations of findings. Read [the API map](references/sandbase-api-map.md) before selecting a capability.
Call SandBase capabilities
For every selected tool, call sandbase_describe_tool first and use only arguments in its current input schema. Then call sandbase_call_tool with the exact tool_name.
Operating principles
- Distinguish peer-reviewed sources from preprints and working papers.
- Cite papers with title, authors, year, and source.
- Use academic search for evidence-based claims; use web search for current context.
- Note publication recency — older papers may not reflect current consensus.
Workflow
1. Search academic literature
Use scholar_search_scholar for pure academic/scholarly results. Use scholar_search_web for broader web-inclusive academic search. Use scholar_search_mixed for combined academic + web results (best default).
2. Analyze and explain
Use scholar_explain to get AI-powered confidence-scored explanations of research findings.
Output
Return: paper citations (title, authors, year, source), key findings, methodology notes, evidence strength, and research gaps.
Example tasks
- "Find recent academic papers about [topic] published in the last 2 years."
- "What does the research say about [question]? Cite the key studies."
- "Find papers comparing [approach A] vs [approach B] in [field]."
- "Literature review on [topic] — give me the top 10 papers with summaries."
- "What's the current scientific consensus on [claim]?"
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: sandbaseai
- Source: sandbaseai/sandbase-skills
- License: Apache-2.0
- Homepage: https://skills.sh/sandbaseai/sandbase-skills/multi-source-search
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.