ClaudeRun a basic CNKI paper search
Uses cnki-search
- Search keywords in Chinese or English; the author's example uses 人工智能.
/cnki-search 人工智能
skills/cnki-search/SKILL.md ↗ · Checked Sep 18, 2026README.md ↗ · Checked Sep 18, 2026
Last commit on March 2, 2026·Created on February 28, 2026
cookjohn/cnki-skills
“Gives researchers a direct line into China's academic database.”
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TL;DR
This skill collection navigates CNKI across its many interfaces: searching and filtering papers, downloading PDFs and CAJ files, exporting citations to Zotero, verifying journal indexing in databases like CSSCI and 北大核心, and browsing issue tables of contents. It serves Chinese academic researchers, librarians, and research assistants who need to work with Chinese-language sources without manual browser grinding.
WHO IT'S FOR
Chinese Academic Researchers
search and retrieve Chinese academic papers
Graduate Students in Chinese Universities
conduct literature reviews for theses
Academic Librarians Supporting Chinese Studies
verify journal indexing and assess database coverage
Zotero Users Needing Chinese References
export CNKI citations directly into Zotero
Compatible AgentsThe repository documents support for these agents. The skills may also work with other agents that can load SKILL.md files, but they may need some setup or small changes.
Use this skill collection
Follow the documented setup, then try a first task.
I’m using
Clone complete CNKI bundle — macOS
Installs: Installs the complete CNKI bundle of 10 skills and the cnki-researcher agent into the cloned repository's .claude directory. · Claude Code, cnki-researcher
Before you start
- Claude Code CLI installed
- Chrome browser
- Zotero desktop app is optional and only needed for Zotero export
- Python 3 is optional and only needed for the Zotero push script
Platform: macOS
Run from: Run the clone-and-copy block from the parent directory where the cnki-skills repository should be created.
In a terminal, install the Chrome DevTools MCP server for Claude Code.
claude mcp add chrome-devtools -- npx -y chrome-devtools-mcp@latest
In a terminal, clone the repository, enter it, and copy its complete skills and agents directories into .claude/.
git clone https://github.com/cookjohn/cnki-skills.git cd cnki-skills cp -r skills/ agents/ .claude/
In a terminal on macOS, start Chrome with remote debugging enabled.
/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome --remote-debugging-port=9222
In a terminal, launch Claude Code.
claude
README.md ↗ · Checked Sep 18, 2026
Clone complete CNKI bundle — Linux
Installs: Installs the complete CNKI bundle of 10 skills and the cnki-researcher agent into the cloned repository's .claude directory. · Claude Code, cnki-researcher
Before you start
- Claude Code CLI installed
- Chrome browser
- Zotero desktop app is optional and only needed for Zotero export
- Python 3 is optional and only needed for the Zotero push script
Platform: Linux
Run from: Run the clone-and-copy block from the parent directory where the cnki-skills repository should be created.
In a terminal, install the Chrome DevTools MCP server for Claude Code.
claude mcp add chrome-devtools -- npx -y chrome-devtools-mcp@latest
In a terminal, clone the repository, enter it, and copy its complete skills and agents directories into .claude/.
git clone https://github.com/cookjohn/cnki-skills.git cd cnki-skills cp -r skills/ agents/ .claude/
In a terminal on Linux, start Chrome with remote debugging enabled.
google-chrome --remote-debugging-port=9222
In a terminal, launch Claude Code.
claude
README.md ↗ · Checked Sep 18, 2026
Give it something to do.
Search CNKI with source and date filters
Uses cnki-advanced-search
- Natural-language search criteria containing the subject, CSSCI source category, and 2020–2025 date range shown in the author's example.
/cnki-advanced-search CSSCI 人工智能 2020-2025
README.md ↗ · Checked Sep 18, 2026skills/cnki-advanced-search/SKILL.md ↗ · Checked Sep 18, 2026
Check a journal's indexing and evaluation data
Uses cnki-journal-index
- A journal name or CNKI journal-detail URL; the author's example uses 计算机学报.
/cnki-journal-index 计算机学报
README.md ↗ · Checked Sep 18, 2026skills/cnki-journal-index/SKILL.md ↗ · Checked Sep 18, 2026