medical-specialty-briefs
Generate daily or on-demand medical research briefs for any medical specialty. Searches latest research from top-tier journals, delivers concise summaries with 1-sentence takeaways, images when available, and direct links. Use when user asks for medical news, research updates, journal briefs, or specialty-specific medical updates for specialties like endocrinology, cardiology, oncology, neurology, etc.
npx skills add FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills --skill medical-specialty-briefs --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.
# Medical Specialty Briefs Generate curated medical research briefs for any medical specialty in a Google News-style format. ## When to Use This Skill - User asks for "medical news" or "research updates" for a specific specialty - User wants a "daily brief" for their medical field - User mentions journal names (NEJM, JAMA, Lancet, etc.) with research queries - User is a clinician seeking specialty-specific updates ## Output Format Each brief item should include: 1. **Headline** - Clear, concise title 2. **One-Sentence Summary** - Key takeaway for clinicians 3. **Source** - Journal name + publication date 4. **Image** - Include if available from source 5. **Link** - Direct URL to original article 6. **Clinical Relevance Badge** - One of: - 🔴 High Impact (practice-changing) - 🟡 Moderate (consider for practice) - 🟢 Low (awareness only) ## Search Strategy ### Priority Journals (in order) 1. New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) 2. The Lancet 3. JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) 4. Specialty-specific top journals 5. BMJ (British Medical Journal) 6. Nature / Nature Medicine 7. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) 8. Endocrine Practice 9. Thyroid 10.
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What does the medical-specialty-briefs skill do?
Generate daily or on-demand medical research briefs for any medical specialty. Searches latest research from top-tier journals, delivers concise summaries with 1-sentence takeaways, images when available, and direct links. Use when user asks for medical news, research updates, journal briefs, or specialty-specific medical updates for specialties like endocrinology, cardiology, oncology, neurology, etc.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills --skill medical-specialty-briefs --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 FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills, a repository with 2,909 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.