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Biorxiv Database

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ovachiever·vlatest·database

Quickly retrieves relevant research papers from the bioRxiv preprint server based on your specified keywords and criteria.

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    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add ovachiever/droid-tings --skill biorxiv-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

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ovachiever

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Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

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 2 hosts that are neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: api.biorxiv.org, www.biorxiv.org.

    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

    api.biorxiv.orgundeclaredwww.biorxiv.orgundeclared

    What it found (3 of 4)

    • skills/biorxiv-database/scripts/biorxiv_search.py:23contacts api.biorxiv.org
      BASE_URL = "https://api.biorxiv.org"
    • skills/biorxiv-database/scripts/biorxiv_search.py:247contacts www.biorxiv.org
      pdf_url = f"https://www.biorxiv.org/content/{doi}v1.full.pdf"
    • skills/biorxiv-database/scripts/biorxiv_search.py:295contacts www.biorxiv.org
      result["pdf_url"] = f"https://www.biorxiv.org/content/{result['doi']}v{result['version']}.full.pdf"

  • 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

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

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

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned ovachiever/droid-tings at 7acd12a754.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
7acd12a754
Manifest
skills/biorxiv-database/SKILL.md
Scanned
3 files, 1,125 lines
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About this skill

What it does

This skill provides access to and querying capabilities of the bioRxiv database. It allows users to search, retrieve, and analyze pre-print research articles related to biology and biomedicine. The skill facilitates extracting information from these papers, potentially aiding in literature reviews or staying current with emerging research.

When to use it

  • Find recent publications on a specific gene or protein.
  • Identify pre-prints discussing a particular disease mechanism.
  • Discover new methodologies used in biological research.
  • Track the latest advancements in a subfield of biology.

Key capabilities

  • Search bioRxiv database by keyword.
  • Retrieve article metadata (title, authors, abstract).
  • Access full-text content of articles.

Example prompts

  • "Find all preprints about CRISPR gene editing published in the last month."
  • "What are the latest papers discussing Alzheimer's disease?"
  • "Show me the abstracts for papers mentioning 'gut microbiome' and 'inflammation'."

Tips & gotchas

The bioRxiv database contains pre-print articles, which have not been peer-reviewed. Always critically evaluate the information retrieved from this skill.