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name: ceo-author-profile
description: Step 1 — get the author's OpenAlex profile and recent papers.
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# Step 1: Get Author Profile and Recent Papers

1. Call `mcp__openalex_mcp__get_author_details(author_id=openalex_author_id)`.
   Note: current institution name/type, h-index, research topics.

2. Call `mcp__openalex_mcp__get_author_recent_works(author_id=openalex_author_id, per_page=10)`.
   For each work, collect the DOI (needed for Step 2) and note any co-affiliation with a private company.

Flag immediately if:
- The current institution is a company (not a university, hospital, or government lab).
- Any paper lists the author with both an academic AND a company affiliation.

**Check affiliation recency**: OpenAlex affiliations can be stale. If a company-type institution
appears, check whether it is still current by looking at the publication dates that carry that
affiliation. If the most recent paper with that affiliation is more than 2–3 years old, treat it
as a **former** affiliation and note it as such — do not treat it as active evidence without
further verification in Step 3.
