database-lookup
Search 78 public scientific, biomedical, materials science, and economic databases via REST APIs. Covers physics/astronomy (NASA, NIST, SDSS, SIMBAD), earth/environment (USGS, NOAA, EPA), chemistry/drugs (PubChem, ChEMBL, DrugBank, FDA, KEGG, ZINC, BindingDB), materials (Materials Project, COD), biology/genomics (Reactome, UniProt, STRING, Ensembl, NCBI Gene, GEO, GTEx, PDB, AlphaFold, InterPro, BioGRID, Gene Ontology, dbSNP, gnomAD, ENCODE, Human Protein Atlas, Human Cell Atlas), disease/clinical (COSMIC, Open Targets, ClinicalTrials.gov, OMIM, ClinVar, GDC/TCGA, cBioPortal, DisGeNET, GWAS Ca
npx skills add BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill database-lookup --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Database Lookup You have access to 78 public databases through their REST APIs. Your job is to figure out which database(s) are relevant to the user's question, query them, and return the raw JSON results along with which databases you used. ## Core Workflow 1. **Understand the query** — What is the user looking for? A compound? A gene? A pathway? A patent? Expression data? An economic indicator? This determines which database(s) to hit. 2. **Select database(s)** — Use the database selection guide below. When in doubt, search multiple databases — it's better to cast a wide net than to miss relevant data. 3. **Read the reference file** — Each database has a reference file in `references/` with endpoint details, query formats, and example calls. Read the relevant file(s) before making API calls. 4. **Make the API call(s)** — See the **Making API Calls** section below for which HTTP fetch tool to use on your platform. 5. **Return results** — Always return: - The **raw JSON** response from each database - A **list of databases queried** with the specific endpoints used - If a query returned no results, say so explicitly rather than omitting it ## Database Selection Guide Match the us
- Core Workflow
- Database Selection Guide
- Physics & Astronomy
- Earth & Environmental Sciences
- Chemistry & Drugs
- Materials Science & Crystallography
- Biology & Genomics
- Disease & Clinical
- Patents & Regulatory
- Economics & Finance
- Social Sciences & Demographics
- Cross-domain queries
- Common Identifier Formats
- Identifier Resolution
curl -s -H "Accept: application/json" "https://api.example.com/endpoint"
What does the database-lookup skill do?
Search 78 public scientific, biomedical, materials science, and economic databases via REST APIs. Covers physics/astronomy (NASA, NIST, SDSS, SIMBAD), earth/environment (USGS, NOAA, EPA), chemistry/drugs (PubChem, ChEMBL, DrugBank, FDA, KEGG, ZINC, BindingDB), materials (Materials Project, COD), biology/genomics (Reactome, UniProt, STRING, Ensembl, NCBI Gene, GEO, GTEx, PDB, AlphaFold, InterPro, BioGRID, Gene Ontology, dbSNP, gnomAD, ENCODE, Human Protein Atlas, Human Cell Atlas), disease/clinical (COSMIC, Open Targets, ClinicalTrials.gov, OMIM, ClinVar, GDC/TCGA, cBioPortal, DisGeNET, GWAS Ca
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill database-lookup --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills, a repository with 135 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.