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Find and synthesize current research and academic papers with automatic backend routing (Parallel Chat API or Perplexity) and structured citations.
Provides intelligent research lookups by automatically routing queries to the best backend: Parallel Chat API for general research and Perplexity (sonar-pro-search) for academic paper searches. Returns structured markdown reports with inline citations and saves outputs to a sources/ folder for reproducibility.
Use for literature reviews, fact verification, finding papers/DOIs, market or statistical data gathering, and technical background research. Prefer it when you need current sources and reproducible citation lists.
research_lookup.py, scripts/generate_schematic.py, lookup.pyInferred compatibility: Claude (Claude Code), other agents that can call external APIs and run Python scripts.
Research lookup skill that routes queries between Parallel Chat API (general research) and Perplexity sonar-pro-search (academic papers). The script is well-written with proper CLI interface and dual-backend routing logic. It exited with a missing API key error under DRY_RUN, which is expected behavior — the tool gracefully exits with a clear message rather than crashing. No security concerns; network calls are to legitimate API endpoints (api.parallel.ai, openrouter.ai).
Clean skill — no security issues detected. Network calls use proper HTTP libraries (requests, openai SDK) rather than shell commands. No hardcoded credentials, no destructive operations, no exfiltration risk. The skill's value depends on having paid API access to Parallel.ai and/or OpenRouter.
