Does it support professional medical indexing terms?

Absolutely. The skill prioritizes MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) terms to ensure standardized terminology and high precision in clinical and biological searches.

How are the search results visualized?

Results are compiled into a 'links.json' file and an interactive HTML report that categorizes papers by relevance and availability using modern, responsive design themes.

Can I search for specific time ranges?

The skill defaults to the last 10 years to ensure current research relevance, but users can explicitly define custom year ranges in their search queries.

Can I filter for only articles that have free PDF downloads?

Yes, by default the skill uses PMC filtering to ensure that all returned results include direct links to downloadable full-text PDFs or TGZ files.

What databases does this skill support?

The skill primarily searches PubMed and Europe PMC, which are the leading databases for clinical medicine, biology, genetics, and other life science disciplines.

Life Science Literature Explorer

Name: Life Science Literature Explorer
Author: gqy20

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Data Science & ML

Automates the discovery, extraction, and visualization of open-access life science research from PubMed and Europe PMC.

This skill empowers researchers and developers to systematically survey the life sciences landscape by interfacing with major academic databases like PubMed and Europe PMC. It simplifies complex workflows by handling MeSH-based queries, filtering specifically for downloadable full-text PDFs, and executing parallel searches to deduplicate results. Beyond simple data retrieval, it organizes findings into interactive, beautifully designed HTML reports with smart document categorization, making it an essential companion for literature reviews, meta-analyses, and rapid domain research in fields like biology, genetics, and clinical medicine.

Key Features

01Automatic full-text filtering to ensure 100% downloadable open-access PDF results.

02Batch metadata extraction and link generation using PMCID, PMID, or DOI identifiers.

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04Interactive HTML reporting with responsive design and priority-based document sorting.

05Parallel execution of multiple search queries with intelligent result deduplication.

06MeSH-powered advanced academic search across PubMed and Europe PMC databases.

Use Cases

01Generating professional, categorized bibliographies for academic presentations and project reports.

02Conducting systematic literature reviews for medical, biological, or pharmaceutical research.

03Automating the collection of full-text PDF datasets for bioinformatics and data science projects.

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add gqy20/cc_plugins literature-explorer

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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