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Pubmed Database

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davila7·vlatest·database·MIT

Quickly retrieve relevant research findings and summaries from PubMed's vast biomedical literature database.

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    $ npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill pubmed-database -a claude-code

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About this skill

The PubMed Database skill enables AI agents to query the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) database directly. It retrieves abstracts, citations, and metadata for biomedical literature based on specific search criteria.

When to use it

  • Conducting rapid literature reviews for clinical research or medical studies.
  • Gathering background information on specific diseases, treatments, or biological mechanisms.
  • Validating scientific claims by cross-referencing peer-reviewed abstracts.
  • Extracting citation data for bibliography generation in academic writing.

Key capabilities

  • Direct integration with the NCBI PubMed API.
  • Supports complex search queries using MeSH terms and free-text fields.
  • Returns structured JSON data including titles, authors, publication dates, and abstracts.
  • Filters results by specific filters such as publication year or article type.

Example prompts

  • "Search for recent clinical trials regarding the efficacy of immunotherapy in treating pancreatic cancer published after 2023."
  • "Find all abstracts related to gene editing techniques for sickle cell disease and summarize the primary methodologies used."
  • "Retrieve metadata for papers discussing the side effects of long-term antibiotic use, sorted by publication date."

Tips & gotchas

Ensure your AI agent handles rate limits imposed by the NCBI API, as excessive requests may result in temporary access blocks. Always verify that search terms are specific enough to avoid retrieving irrelevant biomedical literature from unrelated fields.