firecrawl-research-papers agent skill by firecrawl
Finds and synthesizes research papers using semantic search and related-paper expansion over Firecrawl's index of largely biomedical and life-science literature plus arXiv preprints.
At a glance
| Publisher | Firecrawl Official |
|---|---|
| Repository | firecrawl/skills (32 listed skills) |
| Category | Science and Research |
| License | ISC |
| Last commit | October 18, 2026 (repository) |
| SKILL.md | 146 lines, 860 words |
| Bundled files | 1 file |
| Quality score | 75/100 · C Passes all seven graded checks |
| Security scan | Not scanned |
| README badge | Get the listing badge and raise the score |
Before you install
Read from the skill's files at the directory's October 19, 2026 snapshot: what ships with it, what its code reads, and the terms it is published under.
- Bundled scripts: none.
- License: ISC, an open-source or open-content license.
Install firecrawl-research-papers
The skills CLI works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents; the other routes copy the folder by hand.
npx skills add https://github.com/firecrawl/skills/tree/main/skills/workflows/firecrawl-research-paperstmp="$(mktemp -d)"
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/firecrawl/skills.git "$tmp/repo"
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -R "$tmp/repo/"skills/workflows/firecrawl-research-papers .claude/skills/
rm -rf "$tmp"python3 ~/.codex/skills/.system/skill-installer/scripts/install-skill-from-github.py \
--repo firecrawl/skills \
--path skills/workflows/firecrawl-research-papersfirecrawl/skills is third-party code. Read SKILL.md and any bundled scripts before you install it.
How the author describes it
Find and synthesize research papers, whitepapers, PDFs, technical reports, and academic sources with Firecrawl Research, using semantic paper search, related-paper expansion, and in-body verification over Firecrawl's paper index — largely biomedical and life-science literature from PubMed, bioRxiv, and medRxiv, plus arXiv preprints in CS, physics, and math. Use when the user wants a literature review, systematic review, survey of studies, paper summary, research landscape, or sourced synthesis from scholarly and industry publications, including clinical, drug, gene, disease, epidemiology, and public-health topics. Prefer this over a general web-research workflow whenever the evidence base is published papers rather than web pages.
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Sections in SKILL.md
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- Parallel Work
- Final Deliverable
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Files in the skill folder
SKILL.md
Suede Skill Check: 75/100 · C
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The rubric totals 100 points; published scores are capped at 99. Security scan: not scanned.
Source revision: 2b8f29eae6c6. Report version 5fec8cd5f275. Badge URLs follow the latest listing; save the report to keep this version.
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What to review next
- Boundary clause: 0 of 4 points. 4 when the description says when not to use the skill (“Not for …”, “Do not use …”, “Use … instead”).
- Example request: 0 of 3 points. 3 when the description quotes an example request (3–60 characters in quotation marks).
- Reference files: 0 of 3 points. 3 when the skill folder ships a references/, reference/ or docs/ folder.
Add declarations and bundled files when they describe the skill’s actual needs. Update the source, then request a fresh review with the changed commit or PR.
firecrawl-research-papers passes the required frontmatter check and all seven graded checks, which cover the SKILL.md format, a declared license and a commit in the last year. Those checks earn 56 of the score’s points; the rest come from description quality, instruction depth, bundled files, maintenance and curated-list citations. How the score works.
See the checks and points
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Frontmatter parses and declares a name and a description | Pass |
| Name uses lowercase letters, digits and hyphens, 64 characters or fewer | Pass |
| Name matches the skill's folder name | Pass |
| Description is between 50 and 1,024 characters | Pass |
| Description says when an agent should use the skill | Pass |
| SKILL.md body is 500 lines or fewer | Pass |
| A license is declared in the frontmatter or the repository | Pass |
| Repository has a commit in the last 12 months | Pass |
| Score component | Points |
|---|---|
| Structural checks | 56 of 56 |
| Description length | 3 of 5 |
| Boundary clause | 0 of 4 |
| Example request | 0 of 3 |
| Instruction depth | 7 of 7 |
| Reference files | 0 of 3 |
| Bundled scripts | 0 of 2 |
| Recent maintenance | 9 of 9 |
| Curated-list citations | 0 of 7 |
| Tool permissions declared | 0 of 2 |
| Compatibility declared | 0 of 2 |
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firecrawl-research-papers is listed with 75/100 · C. This badge links to its Suede listing. Skills scoring 80–99 add a numeric and a letter quality shield; the largest open points for firecrawl-research-papers are boundary clause (4), example request (3) and reference files (3). Send your repository and the points you want to raise, then request a fresh review after updating the skill.
[](https://skills.suedeai.ai/directory/firecrawl/skills/firecrawl-research-papers/)<a href="https://skills.suedeai.ai/directory/firecrawl/skills/firecrawl-research-papers/"><img src="https://skills.suedeai.ai/directory/badge.svg" alt="Suede Skills Directory: listed" height="20"></a>Where this skill is cited
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