gs-fulltext

Google Scholar Full Text Access

Resolve and present all full-text access options for a paper found in Google Scholar search results.

Arguments

$ARGUMENTS can be:

• A data-cid from a previous search result
• A result number (e.g., 3) referring to a previous search result

Prerequisites

This skill works best after a previous gs-search or gs-advanced-search call, which already extracts fullTextUrl and href for each result. If those are available, use them directly.

Steps

Step 1: Collect links from search results

From the previous search result, extract these fields for the target paper:

• fullTextUrl: direct PDF/HTML link (from .gs_ggs a)
• href: link to the paper's publisher page (from .gs_rt a)
• dataCid: cluster ID

If no previous search context is available, search for the paper first using gs-search.

Step 2: Resolve additional links (evaluate_script)

Navigate to the Google Scholar results page (if not already there), then extract full-text links for the specific paper:

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Step 3: Report

Step 4: Open full text (optional)

If the user wants to read the paper immediately, use mcp__chrome-devtools__new_page to open the preferred link in this priority:

1. fullTextUrl (direct PDF/HTML, usually free)
2. DOI link (may require subscription)
3. Sci-Hub link (fallback)
4. Publisher page

Notes

• This skill uses 1-2 tool calls: evaluate_script (if already on results page) or navigate_page + evaluate_script
• Google Scholar's full-text links (.gs_ggs) are usually free/open-access PDFs
• DOI may not always be extractable from the paper URL
• Sci-Hub works with both DOI and direct URL
• Opening full text in a new tab adds 1 more tool call (new_page)