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yorkeccak·vlatest·other·MIT

Quickly find relevant patents based on keywords, inventors, assignees, or IPC codes using yorkeccak's patent search skill.

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Install on your platform

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 yorkeccak/scientific-skills --skill patents-search -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

yorkeccak

Taken from the source listing. We haven't verified who controls this account.

Install target

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

scanned

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.valyu.ai, platform.valyu.ai.

    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.valyu.aiundeclaredplatform.valyu.aiundeclared

    What it found

    • skills/patents-search/scripts/search.mjs:12contacts api.valyu.ai
      const VALYU_API_BASE = 'https://api.valyu.ai/v1';
    • skills/patents-search/scripts/search.mjs:69contacts platform.valyu.ai
      message: "Valyu API key not configured. Get your free API key ($10 credits) at https://platform.valyu.ai"

  • 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 yorkeccak/scientific-skills at 20b3d50370.

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

Commit
20b3d50370
Manifest
skills/patents-search/SKILL.md
Scanned
2 files, 356 lines
This is a static scan, not a review. It reads the skill's files; it does not run them, and it cannot tell you whether the skill is any good or whether the code does what its description says. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent.
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About this skill

What it does

This skill enables AI agents to discover and install specialized capabilities for searching patent databases. It allows agents to access technical legal information regarding intellectual property rights and existing innovations.

When to use it

  • Conducting prior art searches before filing a new invention disclosure.
  • Validating the novelty of a specific technology or design concept.
  • Investigating the ownership history and licensing status of a product.
  • Analyzing competitor portfolios to identify market gaps.

Key capabilities

  • Searching patent repositories for relevant intellectual property records.
  • Retrieving detailed metadata associated with specific patent applications.
  • Integrating search results directly into agent workflows for analysis.

Example prompts

  • "Search for recent patents related to solid-state battery electrolytes filed in the last two years."
  • "Find all US patents owned by Tesla that mention autonomous driving sensors."
  • "Look up the current status and assignee of patent number US10234567."

Tips & gotchas

Ensure your AI agent has access to a live internet connection or an API key for major patent databases, as this skill relies on external data sources. Results may vary depending on the specific database coverage configured within the agent's environment.