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Pubchem Database

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ovachiever·vlatest·database

Retrieve chemical properties, structures, and safety data from the PubChem database using precise queries.

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Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

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

ovachiever

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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: pubchem.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

    pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.govundeclared

    What it found

    • skills/pubchem-database/scripts/bioactivity_query.py:21contacts pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
      BASE_URL = "https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug"
    • skills/pubchem-database/scripts/bioactivity_query.py:22contacts pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
      PUG_VIEW_URL = "https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug_view"

  • 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/pubchem-database/SKILL.md
Scanned
4 files, 1,550 lines
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About this skill

What it does

This skill provides access to the PubChem database, a comprehensive resource of chemical molecules and their activity. It allows users to query this database to retrieve information such as chemical names, structures (in various formats), properties, safety data, and biological activities. The skill can be used for research, analysis, or any application requiring detailed chemical information.

When to use it

  • Chemical Research: Find specific compounds based on name, CAS number, or molecular formula.
  • Drug Discovery: Identify potential drug candidates by searching for molecules with desired properties or biological activity.
  • Material Science: Retrieve data about the composition and characteristics of materials.
  • Safety Assessment: Obtain safety information (e.g., toxicity) for chemicals used in experiments or processes.

Key capabilities

  • Chemical name search
  • CAS Registry Number search
  • Molecular formula search
  • Retrieval of chemical structures (SMILES, InChI)
  • Access to physical and chemical properties
  • Biological activity data retrieval

Example prompts

  • "Find the CAS number for aspirin."
  • "What is the molecular structure of caffeine?"
  • "Give me the safety information for ethanol."
  • "Search PubChem for compounds with anti-inflammatory activity."

Tips & gotchas

The accuracy of results depends on the completeness and correctness of data within the PubChem database. Be aware that chemical nomenclature can be complex, so slight variations in search terms may yield different or unexpected results.