literature-search

npx skills add FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills --skill literature-search --agent claude-code

Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.

# Literature Search Search across all major scientific literature databases (PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, medRxiv) simultaneously using natural language queries powered by Valyu's semantic search API. ## Why This Skill is Powerful - **No API Parameter Parsing**: Just pass natural language queries directly - no need to construct complex search parameters - **Semantic Search**: Understands the meaning of your query, not just keyword matching - **Full-Text Access**: Returns complete article content, not just abstracts - **Image Links**: Includes figures and images from papers - **Comprehensive Coverage**: Search across PubMed, arXiv, bioRxiv, and medRxiv simultaneously - **Unified Results**: Get results from all sources in a single query ## Requirements 1. Node.js 18+ (uses built-in fetch) 2. Valyu API key from https://platform.valyu.ai ($10 free credits) ## CRITICAL: Script Path Resolution The `scripts/search` commands in this documentation are relative to this skill's installation directory. Before running any command, locate the script using: ```bash LITERATURE_SCRIPT=$(find ~/.claude/plugins/cache -name "search" -path "*/literature-search/*/scripts/*" -type f 2>/dev/null | head -1) ```

scripts/search setup <api-key>
Get article titles
scripts/search "query" 20 | jq -r '.results[].title'
Get URLs
scripts/search "query" 20 | jq -r '.results[].url'
Extract full content
scripts/search "query" 20 | jq -r '.results[].content'
Filter by source
scripts/search "query" 20 | jq -r '.results[] | select(.source == "arxiv") | .title'
Search across all sources for thorough review