Searching Scientific Literature
PubMed search with keyword optimization, result parsing, and metadata extraction
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill searching-literature --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.
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- Overview
- When to Use
- Search Strategy
- 1. Parse User Query
- 2. Construct PubMed Query
- 3. Execute Search
- 4. Fetch Paper Metadata
- Output Format
- Error Handling
- Integration with Other Skills
- Quick Reference
- Common Mistakes
- Next Steps
curl "https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/esearch.fcgi?db=pubmed&term=BTK+inhibitor+selectivity&retmax=100&retmode=json&sort=relevance"
What does the Searching Scientific Literature skill do?
PubMed search with keyword optimization, result parsing, and metadata extraction
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill searching-literature --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 brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, a repository with 3,244 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.