paper-lookup vs paperzilla
Side-by-side comparison of two Claude Agent Skills. Pick the right one for Claude Code or Claude Desktop.
Search 10 academic paper databases via REST APIs for research papers, preprints, and scholarly articles. Covers PubMed, PMC (full text), bioRxiv, medRxiv, arXiv
Chat with your agent about projects, recommendations, and canonical papers in Paperzilla. Use when users ask for recent project recommendations, canonical paper
Comparison
| Feature | paper-lookup | paperzilla |
|---|---|---|
| Bundled scripts | no | no |
| Allowed tools | any | any |
| Install scope | personal | personal |
| Category | research | research |
| Verified | — | — |
| License | — | MIT |
| Author | K-Dense AI | K-Dense AI |
| Repo | K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills | K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills |
When to pick paper-lookup
Search 10 academic paper databases via REST APIs for research papers, preprints, and scholarly articles. Covers PubMed, PMC (full text), bioRxiv, medRxiv, arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, Semantic Scholar, CORE, Unpaywall. Use when searching for papers, citations, DOI/PMID lookups, abstracts, full text, open access, preprints, citation graphs, author search, or any scholarly literature query. Triggers on mentions of any supported database or requests like "find papers on X" or "look up this DOI".
When to pick paperzilla
Chat with your agent about projects, recommendations, and canonical papers in Paperzilla. Use when users ask for recent project recommendations, canonical paper details, markdown-based summaries, recommendation feedback, feed export, or Atom feed URLs.
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