nsides-query
Query the nSIDES drug side effect databases (OnSIDES, OffSIDES, KidSIDES). Use whenever the user asks about drug adverse reactions, side effects, off-label safety signals, or pediatric drug safety for a given drug name.
npx skills add BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill nsides --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.
# nSIDES Query Skill Search drug adverse reactions across three complementary nSIDES sources by drug name. | Source | Content | Method | Scale | |---|---|---|---| | **OnSIDES** v3.1.0 | Label-extracted ADEs (US/EU/UK/JP) | PubMedBERT NLP on product labels | 1,955 ingredients, 5.5M drug-ADE pairs | | **OffSIDES** | Off-label side effects | Propensity-score matching on FAERS | 3,300+ drugs | | **KidSIDES** | Pediatric safety signals by developmental phase | Disproportionality analysis on FAERS | Age-stratified ADE signals | ## Entity Detection | Input | Routing | |---|---| | any free text | substring match on drug / ingredient name across all three sources | No ID-based routing — all queries are natural-language drug names. ## API | Function | Input | Returns | |---|---|---| | `search(entity, limit)` | drug name string | `dict` with keys: `entity`, `onsides`, `offsides`, `kidsides` | | `search_batch(entities, limit)` | list of drug names | `list[dict]` | | `search_onsides(drug_name, limit)` | drug name | `list[dict]` — ingredient, effect, meddra_id, source, label_count | | `search_offsides(drug_name, limit)` | drug name | `list[dict]` — drug, condition, PRR, A/B/C/D | | `search_kidsi
- Entity Detection
- API
- Output Fields
- OnSIDES row
- OffSIDES row
- KidSIDES row
- Usage
- Data
- Citations
What does the nsides-query skill do?
Query the nSIDES drug side effect databases (OnSIDES, OffSIDES, KidSIDES). Use whenever the user asks about drug adverse reactions, side effects, off-label safety signals, or pediatric drug safety for a given drug name.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill nsides --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.