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research-lookup

Compiles current scholarly evidence for a scientific manuscript or research brief when the user explicitly asks to gather literature, references, background evidence, competing findings, or a manuscript research packet. Uses Parallel Search by default, Parallel Extract for source retrieval, Parallel Research for explicitly deep/exhaustive work, optional explicit Parallel Chat, and optional Perplex

Type: Skill by K-Dense Inc.
Catalog: Scientific Agent Skills (K-Dense)
Source: K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/skills/research-lookup (5 files scanned)
Install and details: Agent Skills Index entry
License: MIT license (SKILL.md frontmatter)
Signals: Bundled scriptsNetwork calls in codeReads credentialsSpawns processes

Pre-approved tools

No allowed-tools or tools list in its SKILL.md, command or agent files, so the agent asks before using tools as usual.

Hooks

No hooks.

MCP servers and apps

None.

Bundled code

2 code files (Python):

Network calls

1 file with a network call pattern. First match per file:

skills/research-lookup/scripts/research_lookup.py:766
```
response = requests.post(
```

Starts other programs

1 file. First match per file:

skills/research-lookup/scripts/research_lookup.py:273
```
completed = subprocess.run(
```

Credentials referenced

OPENROUTER_API_KEYPARALLEL_API_KEY

Static scan of commit 5f2bc03 on 2026-10-27. Signals are patterns found in the files, not a verdict: a network call can be the whole point of a skill. Read the linked lines before you decide. How the scan works.