v0.1.6 — First Public Release
First Public Release
sciClaw is now open source. This release is the first built from the public repository.
What's in sciClaw
An autonomous paired-scientist CLI forked from PicoClaw, designed for scientific research workflows.
Core features:
- Default model: GPT-5.2 (works with ChatGPT subscription or OpenAI API key)
--modelflag for per-invocation model switching--effortflag for reasoning effort control (OpenAI + Anthropic)sciclaw models list|set|statusfor model management- Hardened skills installer with size limits, validation, and SHA-256 provenance
- Built-in science skills: scientific-writing, pubmed-cli, docx-review, biorxiv-database, quarto-authoring, and more
Companion CLI tools:
brew install henrybloomingdale/tools/docx-review # Word docs with tracked changes
brew install henrybloomingdale/tools/pubmed-cli # PubMed search & citation graphsInstall
brew install drpedapati/sciclaw/sciclawOr download the binary for your platform below.
Checksums (SHA-256)
ae866b61 sciclaw-darwin-arm64
98764d03 sciclaw-linux-amd64
2bbe3a5a sciclaw-linux-arm64
882b6699 sciclaw-linux-riscv64
889fc8fa sciclaw-windows-amd64.exe
picoclaw-* binaries are identical copies for backward compatibility.