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inspire

Use when the user mentions 'INSPIRE', 'INSPIRE-HEP', 'inspirehep', or asks to search high-energy physics literature, find HEP papers, get citation counts, or retrieve BibTeX from INSPIRE. Specializes in particle physics, quantum field theory, and related fields.

First seen Apr 2, 2026

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SKILL.md

INSPIRE-HEP Search and Retrieval Skill

Search and retrieve papers from INSPIRE-HEP, the high-energy physics literature database.

Requires: requests (pip install requests)

Record Identifiers

INSPIRE accepts multiple identifier types:

  • INSPIRE recid: 451647 (internal ID)
  • arXiv ID: 1207.7214 or hep-th/9711200
  • DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.19.1264

Basic Usage

# Get a record by INSPIRE ID
python scripts/inspire.py 451647

# Get by arXiv ID
python scripts/inspire.py 1207.7214

# Get by DOI
python scripts/inspire.py 10.1103/PhysRevLett.19.1264

# Get BibTeX
python scripts/inspire.py 1207.7214 --format bibtex

Searching

# Search by author (SPIRES syntax)
python scripts/inspire.py --search "a E.Witten.1"

# Search by title
python scripts/inspire.py --search "t dark matter"

# Search by arXiv category
python scripts/inspire.py --search "arXiv:hep-th"

# Combined search
python scripts/inspire.py --search "a Maldacena and t AdS/CFT"

# Most cited results
python scripts/inspire.py --search "a Hawking" --sort mostcited

# Limit results
python scripts/inspire.py --search "t supersymmetry" -n 5

Search Query Syntax (SPIRES-compatible)

Prefix Field Example
a Author a E.Witten.1
t Title t black hole
k Keywords k inflation
j Journal j Phys.Rev.Lett.
eprint arXiv ID eprint 1207.7214
topcite Citation count topcite 1000+

Boolean operators: and, or, not

Citations

# Get papers citing a record
python scripts/inspire.py 1207.7214 --citations

# Top 20 citing papers
python scripts/inspire.py 1207.7214 --citations -n 20

Output Formats

# JSON (default - shows metadata)
python scripts/inspire.py 1207.7214

# BibTeX
python scripts/inspire.py 1207.7214 --format bibtex

# LaTeX (European style)
python scripts/inspire.py 1207.7214 --format latex-eu

# LaTeX (US style)
python scripts/inspire.py 1207.7214 --format latex-us

Typical Workflow

  1. Search for papers: python scripts/inspire.py --search "a Author"
  2. Note the INSPIRE recid or arXiv ID
  3. Get full details: python scripts/inspire.py <id>
  4. Get BibTeX for citation: python scripts/inspire.py <id> --format bibtex
  5. Check citations: python scripts/inspire.py <id> --citations

Rate Limits

INSPIRE allows 15 requests per 5-second window per IP address.

Comparison with arXiv Skill

  • INSPIRE: Citation counts, publication info, SPIRES search syntax, HEP-focused
  • arXiv: Paper source code (LaTeX), all physics categories, preprint access

Use both together: search on INSPIRE for citation data, then use arXiv skill to get the paper source.