academic-deep-research
Transparent, rigorous research with full methodology — not a black-box API wrapper. Conducts exhaustive investigation through mandated 2-cycle research per theme, APA 7th citations, evidence hierarchy, and 3 user checkpoints. Self-contained using native OpenClaw tools (web_search
Install caution
Risk: Medium
Source: OpenClaw Master Skills
Path: skills/academic-deep-research/SKILL.md
Review flags: filesystem/home-directory access, network access or external URLs. These are review signals, not definitive security judgments; inspect before installing.
Required permissions
- • Environment variables / secrets
- • Network/API usage
- • Filesystem/home access
Permissions are inferred from SKILL.md text only. They are review prompts, not guarantees about runtime behavior.
Risk flags explained
Mentions filesystem writes, deletes, home-directory paths, or config/key locations.
Mentions external URLs, network APIs, downloads, or HTTP client usage.
Score explanation
Trust
- • Trust starts at 90 before review-signal penalties and metadata bonuses.
- • Risk-signal penalty: -25 from 2 detected flag(s).
- • Metadata bonus: +2 from author/version/description fields.
Utility
- • Utility starts at 55 and rewards clear descriptions, runnable examples, and explicit setup needs.
- • Description present: yes.
- • Command examples detected: 0.
- • Environment variables detected: 1.
Momentum
- • Momentum starts at 45 and uses public repo activity signals.
- • Recent commit activity: latest repo update was 6 day(s) ago.
- • Recent commit volume: 6 commit(s) in the lookback window (+18).
- • Source has strong public adoption: 2049 stars.
- • Fork activity suggests reuse: 309 forks.
Overall
- • Overall score weights trust 45%, utility 35%, and momentum 20%.
Detected signals
Env vars
- • API
Commands
None detected in SKILL.md text scan.
URLs
- • https://doi.org/10.xxxx/ajcn.2020.112.4.879
- • https://doi.org/10.xxxx/dc.2023.46.8.1823
- • https://doi.org/10.xxxx/jes.2022.15.3.245
- • https://github.com/kesslerio/academic-deep-research-clawhub-skill
Provenance & evidence
SkillRadar makes each review traceable back to the exact source path, source blob SHA, scanner version, and text-only policy that produced the report.
Evidence snippets
…low this protocol: ### Empty or Insufficient Search Results 1. **Broaden query terms** — Remove specific constraints, use synonyms 2. **Try related concepts** — Search adjacent terminol…
…ntelligence, or any research requiring academic rigor and reproducibility.", "homepage": "https://github.com/kesslerio/academic-deep-research-clawhub-skill", "metadata": "openclaw: emoji:…
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