Open Source Research Platform

ScienceClaw

Self-Evolving AI Research Platform

An AI colleague that searches literature, queries databases, runs analyses — and gets better at it the more you use it. Zero hallucination. All disciplines.

285 Research Skills
20+ Disciplines
Zero Hallucination
Self Evolving

Why ScienceClaw?

General-purpose AI assistants are built for everyone. ScienceClaw is built for researchers.

Self-Evolving Skills

285 skills that grow with you. Every research task teaches the system — it creates new specialized skills at runtime, optimized for your field.

Research Memory

Four-layer persistent memory with temporal decay and LanceDB vector storage. Continue literature reviews across sessions — it remembers where you left off.

Long-Duration Research

1-hour sessions with heartbeat monitoring. Mandatory depth thresholds ensure real research — no premature conclusions, no shallow answers.

Zero Hallucination

Every citation must come from a tool result. No fabricated DOIs, no invented authors. If it can't verify, it says so explicitly.

All Disciplines

From biomedicine to economics, genomics to political science. 25+ academic databases with structured API queries across natural and social sciences.

Gets Smarter Over Time

Every session refines the system. Research reflection and skill evolution engines continuously learn from your workflows — the more you use it, the better it gets.

Skills That Learn From You

Unlike static AI tools, ScienceClaw's skill library evolves through a continuous cycle:

  1. Execute — Run a research task using existing skills
  2. Reflect — Evaluate what worked and what didn't
  3. Evolve — Create or improve skills based on outcomes
  4. Persist — Store improvements for future sessions

Week 1: general tools. Month 3: a trained research assistant tuned to your field.

Skill Evolution Cycle

ScienceClaw vs Standard AI

Built different. Built for research.

Capability Standard AI ScienceClaw
Session timeout 10 minutes 1 hour+
Skills ~54 fixed 285+ self-evolving
Research memory Forgets after session 4-layer persistent memory
Citation accuracy May hallucinate Zero hallucination protocol
Database access None built-in 25+ academic databases
Research depth Single-pass Mandatory depth thresholds
Skill improvement Static Runtime self-evolution

Get Started in 3 Steps

From clone to research in under 5 minutes.

1

Clone

git clone https://github.com/beita6969/ScienceClaw.git
2

Setup

chmod +x setup.sh && ./setup.sh
3

Research

npx openclaw gateway

All of Science, Not Just Biomedicine

Natural sciences and social sciences across dozens of disciplines.

Natural Sciences

MedicineBiologyChemistry PhysicsAstronomyGenomics Materials ScienceEnvironmental Science Earth ScienceFood ScienceComputer Science

Social Sciences & Humanities

Economics & FinancePolitical SciencePsychology LinguisticsEducationSociology Philosophy & EthicsLawHistory & Humanities

Cross-Disciplinary

MathematicsStatisticsVisualization LaTeX WritingMeta-AnalysisSystematic Reviews Mental HealthClimate & Environment

Connected databases: PubMed, Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, arXiv, UniProt, KEGG, PDB, ChEMBL, PubChem, NCBI Entrez, Materials Project, World Bank, and more.