drugcentral-query
Query the DrugCentral drug pharmacology database. Use whenever the user asks about approved drug structures, drug targets, pharmacological actions, or wants to look up any entity (drug name, DrugCentral ID, CAS number, InChIKey) in DrugCentral.
npx skills add BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill drugcentral --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.
# DrugCentral Query Skill Search local DrugCentral flat files by any entity. Auto-detects query type: | Input Pattern | Detected As | Match Logic | |---|---|---| | `860` (numeric) | DrugCentral ID | exact on `ID` | | `50-78-2` (NNN-NN-N) | CAS Number | exact on `CAS_RN` | | `BSYNRYMUTXBXSQ` or full key | InChIKey (prefix or full) | prefix match on `InChIKey` | | anything else | free text | substring on `INN` (drug name) | ## Data Download from <https://drugcentral.org/download>: | File | Description | Required | |---|---|---| | `structures.smiles.tsv` | SMILES, InChI, InChIKey, ID, INN, CAS_RN | **Yes** | | `drug.target.interaction.tsv` | Drug-target interaction profiles (gene, action, potency) | Recommended | | `FDA+EMA+PMDA_Approved.csv` | Approval status (ID, drug_name) | Optional | Place files in `DATA_DIR` (default: `resources_metadata/drug_knowledgebase/DrugCentral`, or set env `DRUGCENTRAL_DIR`). ## API | Function | Input | Returns | |---|---|---| | `search(entity)` | single entity string | `dict` with `structures`, `targets`, `approved` | | `search_batch(entities)` | list or comma-separated string | `dict[str, dict]` | | `summarize(result, entity)` | search result dict + la
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What does the drugcentral-query skill do?
Query the DrugCentral drug pharmacology database. Use whenever the user asks about approved drug structures, drug targets, pharmacological actions, or wants to look up any entity (drug name, DrugCentral ID, CAS number, InChIKey) in DrugCentral.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill drugcentral --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.