Scite Database

Trust Score 72/100

Fetch and summarize Scite.ai Smart Citations for a DOI to classify supporting, contrasting, and mentioning citations and assess a paper's reception.

triggers:scitecitation analysisDOIliterature reviewassess papercitation counts

GitHub SKILL.md

What it does

Provides a packaged workflow to query Scite.ai Smart Citations for a given DOI and summarize how the paper is cited (supporting, contrasting, mentioning). It produces reproducible outputs useful for literature review, claim validation, and comparative analysis. The skill exposes CLI scripts to run batch or single DOI analyses and emits text or JSON outputs.

When to use it

Use when evaluating a paper's reliability, prioritizing reading for literature reviews, fact-checking scientific claims, comparing citation sentiment across papers, or when a reproducible file-based result is required. It's intended for researchers and analysts working with DOIs and needing structured citation-classification counts.

What's included

Scripts: scripts/scite_client.py (primary), plus several helper scripts for extraction and output formatting.
References: repository examples and packaged run plans; depends on public Scite endpoints.
Instructions: clear run plan, input/validation steps, and output modes (text and JSON).

Compatible agents

Agents capable of running Python scripts and making external HTTP calls (requires Scite API availability).

Audit Summary

This skill queries the Scite.ai API to classify citations for a given DOI as supporting, contrasting, or mentioning. The single script (scite_client.py) is a straightforward argparse CLI that calls a public endpoint. It exited with an arg-parsing error when run without a DOI argument (expected). SKILL.md is heavily duplicated with two overlapping 'When to Use' and 'Key Features' sections. No hardcoded secrets or destructive commands found, but the script spoofs a Chrome User-Agent string.

Watch Out

Spoofs Chrome User-Agent string in API requests - may violate Scite.ai ToS
Output labels inconsistent: docs say 'supporting/contrasting/mentioning' but script prints 'support/refute/mention'
Depends on public Scite.ai API endpoint availability which may change or require auth in future
Script uses \r\n line endings (Windows-style)

Notes

Legitimate research tool. Main issues are code quality (inconsistent naming, repetitive docs, User-Agent spoofing). No security red flags. Architecture is basic - single script, no references/ directory, duplicated SKILL.md sections.

Information

Repository: medical-research-skills
Stars: 1,115

Trust Score

Overall72

Security82

Code Quality68

Architecture55

Usefulness62

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