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Pubmed Database

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jackspace·vlatest·database·MIT

Access and query PubMed's vast biomedical literature database for research insights and relevant publications.

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    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add jackspace/claudeskillz --skill pubmed-database -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

jackspace

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Install target

Live repository

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Automated safety checks

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This skill failed 1 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

  • No undeclared network calls: failed

    Contacts 1 host that is neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

    Hosts contacted

    eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.govundeclared

    What it found

    • skills/scientific-db-pubmed-database/SKILL.json:10contacts eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
      "content": "### 1. Advanced Search Query Construction\r\n\r\nConstruct sophisticated PubMed queries using Boolean operators, field tags, and specialized syntax…

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

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    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned jackspace/claudeskillz at aef4e299d1.

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Commit
aef4e299d1
Manifest
skills/scientific-db-pubmed-database/SKILL.md
Scanned
2 files, 454 lines
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About this skill

What it does

This skill provides access to the PubMed database, a comprehensive resource of biomedical literature. It allows AI agents to search and retrieve information from millions of journal articles, abstracts, and related resources. The agent can then summarize findings or extract specific data points based on user requests.

When to use it

  • Literature Reviews: Quickly gather relevant research papers for academic projects or grant proposals.
  • Medical Research: Find studies related to a particular disease, treatment, or gene.
  • Drug Discovery: Identify potential drug targets and analyze existing clinical trial data.
  • Staying Current: Keep up-to-date with the latest advancements in biomedical science.

Key capabilities

  • PubMed search functionality
  • Access to millions of articles
  • Abstract retrieval
  • Data extraction from publications

Example prompts

  • "Find me all papers published in the last year about Alzheimer's disease."
  • "Summarize the findings of this PubMed article: [PMID number]"
  • "What are the common side effects reported for drug X according to recent clinical trials?"

Tips & gotchas

  • PubMed IDs (PMIDs) can be used in prompts to directly reference specific articles.
  • The skill's effectiveness depends on clear and precise search queries.