research-superpowers
Systematic literature searching and review toolkit for Claude Code. Search PubMed, screen papers, extract data, traverse citations, and synthesize findings from scientific literature.
Not in a marketplace yet, so it loads for one session with --plugin-dir.
Plugin research-superpowers in kthorn/research-superpower. Commands read from the repo's manifest — 1 month ago.
This plugin runs code on your machine — its hooks fire automatically on events like tool use. The exact commands are listed below; read them before installing.
What it installs
Skills (10)
Getting Started with Research SuperpowersIntroduction to literature search & review skills - systematic paper finding, screening, extraction, and citation traversal
Answering Research QuestionsMain orchestration workflow for systematic literature research - search, evaluate, traverse, synthesize
Building Paper Screening RubricsCollaboratively build and refine paper screening rubrics through brainstorming, test-driven development, and iterative feedback
Checking ChEMBL for Structured SAR DataCheck if medicinal chemistry papers are in ChEMBL database to access curated bioactivity data
Cleaning Up Research SessionsSafely remove intermediate files from completed research sessions while preserving important data
Evaluating Paper RelevanceTwo-stage paper screening - abstract scoring then deep dive for specific data extraction
Finding Open Access PapersUse Unpaywall API to find free full-text versions of paywalled papers
Searching Scientific LiteraturePubMed search with keyword optimization, result parsing, and metadata extraction
Subagent-Driven Literature ReviewUse parallel subagents for large-scale paper screening and deep dive analysis
Traversing Citation NetworksSmart backward and forward citation following via Semantic Scholar, with relevance filtering and deduplication
Hooks (1)
- SessionStart
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/session-start.sh
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