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Search and retrieve scholarly metadata from the OpenAlex API — a free, open catalog of 270M+ works, 90M+ authors, and 100K+ sources. Use this skill whenever the user wants to query OpenAlex for works, authors, institutions, sources, topics, publishers, or funders. Trigger on phrases like "search OpenAlex for X", "find papers in OpenAlex", "OpenAlex works by author Y", "get institution metadata from OpenAlex", "look up this DOI in OpenAlex", "how many works does institution X have in OpenAlex", or any request that specifically involves the OpenAlex API or database. Also trigger when the user pastes an OpenAlex ID (like W1234567890 or A5023888391) or mentions OpenAlex by name in any research context. This skill complements the semantic-scholar skill — use OpenAlex when the user asks for it specifically, when they need institution/funder/topic data that Semantic Scholar doesn't cover, or when they want open-access filtering and aggregation features unique to OpenAlex.

Use this skill whenever the user wants to discuss, explore, or ask questions about a topic using the local knowledge base as grounding. Trigger on phrases like "what do you know about X", "let's talk about X", "explain X", "I'm trying to understand X", "discuss X with me", "what does the KB have on X", "help me think through X", "tell me about X", or any conversational question about a concept or idea. Also trigger when the user asks a question that could be answered from stored knowledge, even if they don't explicitly say "knowledge base". This is the default skill for knowledge-grounded conversation — prefer it over answering from memory alone whenever the KB might have relevant content. Do NOT trigger for: deep research reports (use keine-research), adding new entries (use keine-update-entries), or creating maps (use keine-update-maps).

Always use this skill before creating, editing, or tagging any document in the knowledge base. Use it when asked to add, ingest, find, link, or manage any entry.

Use this skill only when the user explicitly requests deep research or a detailed report on a topic — phrases like "research X", "give me a detailed report on X", "deep dive into X", "I want a thorough analysis of X", or "write me a research report on X". Do NOT trigger for casual questions, quick lookups, or requests to add/edit entries. This is a heavyweight, multi-step workflow that mines the knowledge base, fills gaps with web research, creates new KB entries along the way, and produces a long-form, citation-rich research report saved to reports/.

Use this skill when creating a new knowledge entry or editing an existing one in the Keine knowledge base. Trigger when asked to add, ingest, document, or update any piece of knowledge — a URL, PDF, book, concept, note, or research finding. Use this skill even when the user doesn't say "entry" — if they want to capture or update knowledge, this is the skill.

Search and retrieve research paper metadata using the Semantic Scholar Academic Graph API via curl. Use this skill whenever the user wants to find academic papers, look up citations, get paper details by DOI/arXiv ID/title, explore an author's publications, or fetch reference/citation lists. Trigger on phrases like "find papers on X", "look up this paper", "how many citations does X have", "papers citing X", "search for research about X", "get metadata for arxiv:...", or any request to explore academic literature. Always use this skill when the task involves academic paper search or metadata retrieval — even if the user just pastes a DOI or arXiv link and wants info about it.

Use this skill when creating or editing a topic map in the Keine knowledge base. Trigger after ingesting a set of related entries on a topic, or when asked to summarize, compare, survey, or give an overview of a subject area. Also use when a user asks a broad question and you want to leave a synthesized overview for future agents or readers. Maps are different from entries — they synthesize rather than document.