research-paper-search

name	research-paper-search
description	Search for research papers and academic content using Exa.
context	fork

Research Paper Search (Exa)

Use this skill for discovering academic papers, arXiv/preprint work, methods comparisons, literature scans, and evidence-weighted technical summaries.

Tool Selection

Intent	Primary Tool	Notes
Paper discovery	web_search_advanced_exa with category: "research paper"	Use when available; domain filters such as arxiv.org can improve signal.
Broad discovery when advanced search is unavailable	web_search_exa	Include topic, method names, and paper/source terms.
Evidence-weighted synthesis across papers	web_research_exa	Use when enabled; specify evidence quality and caveat requirements.
One-off definition or quick answer	web_answer_exa	Keep it concise and citation-focused.
Read abstracts or paper pages	web_fetch_exa	Fetch selected paper URLs when snippets are insufficient.
Find related papers from one seed paper	web_find_similar_exa	Use when a seed URL is clearly on-topic.

If opt-in tools are unavailable, use web_search_exa plus selective web_fetch_exa and produce a smaller sourced summary.

Recommended Settings

• Paper discovery
  • { "query": "LLM fine-tuning methods instruction tuning preference optimization", "category": "research paper", "includeDomains": ["arxiv.org"], "numResults": 10 }
• Related-paper expansion
  • { "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.18290", "excludeSourceDomain": false, "numResults": 8 }
• Evidence-weighted synthesis
  • { "query": "Summarize methodological differences between instruction tuning, RLHF, DPO, and newer preference optimization methods for large language models.", "systemPrompt": "Prioritize peer-reviewed papers, arXiv papers with clear methods sections, and papers with empirical comparisons. Separate findings from speculation and call out methodology limits.", "outputSchema": { "type": "text" } }

Query Writing

• Include method names, task/domain, and publication terms: paper, arXiv, benchmark, survey, method.
• Use date filters for fast-moving areas when the user asks for recent work.
• Prefer direct paper sources over secondary summaries unless the user wants a high-level introduction.

Output Guidance

1. Return paper title, venue/source, year, and URL.
2. Separate claims about results from claims about methods.
3. Prefer direct quotations only when wording matters; otherwise summarize concisely with citation URLs.
4. Provide caveats for limited benchmarks, small sample sizes, or non-comparable evaluations.