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Download academic papers from open-access sources when the user provides a DOI/arXiv ID or requests a keyword-based paper search, and return the saved PDF path.

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> **Source**: [https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills](https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills)

## When to Use

- The user provides a DOI (e.g., `10.1038/s41586-020-2649-2`) and wants the corresponding open-access PDF.
- The user provides an arXiv ID (e.g., `1706.03762`) and wants the preprint PDF.
- The user asks to search papers by keywords (e.g., "attention mechanism") and download available open-access PDFs.
- The user requests downloading an academic/research paper and expects the tool to try multiple open-access providers automatically.
- The user needs the final local save path for the downloaded PDF(s).

## Key Features

- Multi-source open-access retrieval with priority-based fallback until a PDF is found.
- Supports three input modes:
  - DOI download
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