Agent skill

Biomed Outline Generator

by aipoch in aipoch/medical-research-skills

Generates structured biomedical outlines for review articles, discussion sections, and thesis proposals.

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Install Biomed Outline Generator

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aipoch/medical-research-skills --skill biomed-outline-generator -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aipoch/medical-research-skills biomed-outline-generator --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/'scientific-skills/Academic Writing/biomed-outline-generator' .claude/skills/biomed-outline-generator && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
biomed-outline-generator
GitHub stars
1.9k
Token cost
~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
641 words
Files
3 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
578
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Generates structured biomedical outlines for review articles, discussion sections, and thesis proposals.

  • Works in 5 steps: Validate domain and sufficiency → Detect type → Build the section skeleton → …
  • A user provides biomedical keywords
  • SKILL.md covers Optional Validation Shortcut, When to Use, When Not to Use and Required Inputs, plus 9 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python

What it does

Biomed Outline Generator is an agent skill from aipoch/medical-research-skills. Generates structured biomedical outlines for review articles, discussion sections, and thesis proposals. Use when a user provides biomedical keywords, results/discussion text, or a proposal title plus background and needs a directly usable academic writing scaffold.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including scripts (for example `biomed-outline-generator_audit_result_v2.json` and `scripts/validate_skill.py`).

It sits in Education, covering Essays and academic help, Proposals and quotes and Scientific writing. The repository describes itself as: Hundreds of agent skills for medical research, including protocol design, data analysis, evidence insights, and academic writing. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • A user provides biomedical keywords
  • Results/discussion text
  • A proposal title plus background and needs a directly usable academic writing scaffold

Example prompts

  • “Use the biomed-outline-generator skill to generate structured biomedical outlines for review articles, discussion sections, and thesis proposals”
  • “/biomed-outline-generator”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Validate domain and sufficiency
  2. Detect type
  3. Build the section skeleton
  4. Enrich with academic logic
  5. Final safety and writing pass

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 686e09d. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Biomed Outline Generator loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 73 tokens; SKILL.md has 641 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~73
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.5k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from aipoch/medical-research-skills at commit 686e09d, republished under its MIT licence (© aipoch). 641 words, ~1,541 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/biomed-outline-generator/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
biomed-outline-generator
description
Generates structured biomedical outlines for review articles, discussion sections, and thesis proposals. Use when a user provides biomedical keywords, results/discussion text, or a proposal title plus background and needs a directly usable academic writing scaffold.
license
MIT
author
AIPOCH

Source: https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills

Biomedical Research Outline Generator

This is an Academic Writing skill for producing manuscript-grade biomedical outlines with deterministic headings and clear section logic.

Optional Validation Shortcut

If you want to confirm the local helper path exists before use:

bash
python scripts/validate_skill.py --check

This helper is optional. The primary workflow is still direct outline generation from user input.

When to Use

Use this skill in biomedical contexts when the user wants one of these three outputs:

  • Type I: Review Outline Input pattern: research directions, disease area, pathway keywords, or field description
  • Type II: Discussion Outline Input pattern: results or discussion paragraphs containing observations, models, markers, statistics, or mechanisms
  • Type III: Thesis / Proposal Outline Input pattern: Title: plus background, methods expectations, cohort notes, timeline, or validation requirements

When Not to Use

  • The request is clearly non-biomedical.
  • The user wants fabricated results, unsupported claims, or invented citations.
  • The request is for a complete manuscript draft rather than an outline.

Required Inputs

  • A biomedical topic, result paragraph, or proposal title with enough context to determine one of the three supported types.

Recommended:

  • disease model or population
  • key molecules, pathways, or interventions
  • study aim or proposal objective
  • any special formatting or institutional requirements

Type Recognition Rules

Type I: Review Outline

Use this type when the input is mostly:

  • topic keywords
  • field description
  • research direction

Signals:

  • no explicit Title:
  • no detailed result paragraph
  • no proposal/timeline language
Type II: Discussion Outline

Use this type when the input contains:

  • observations or findings
  • effect sizes or p-values
  • model systems such as cell, mouse, cohort, or patient data
  • mechanistic hints and limitations
Type III: Thesis / Proposal Outline

Use this type when the input contains:

  • Title:
  • proposal framing
  • background and aims
  • plan, feasibility, timeline, or expected outcomes

If the request is off-domain, stop and use the refusal contract in ## Fallback and Refusal Contract.

Output Contract

Type I: Review Outline

Must include:

  • title
  • abstract
  • keywords
  • introduction
  • 4-6 major chapters
  • 2-3 subchapters under each major chapter where appropriate
  • conclusion / outlook
Type II: Discussion Outline

Must include:

  • summary of key findings
  • interpretation blocks
  • literature integration
  • limitations
  • future directions
  • conclusion
Type III: Thesis / Proposal Outline

Must include:

  • project review / background
  • purpose and significance
  • research plan
  • feasibility / risk or ethics considerations
  • innovation
  • timeline
  • expected outcomes

Formatting Rules

  • Markdown headings only: #, ##, ###
  • Stable numeric hierarchy
  • concise, field-appropriate wording
  • no placeholder text like to be added
  • no fabricated results or unsupported claims
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Workflow

1. Validate domain and sufficiency

Confirm that:

  • the topic is biomedical
  • there is enough information to classify the request
  • the requested output is an outline, not a full manuscript
2. Detect type

Assign Type I, II, or III using the rules above.

3. Build the section skeleton

Use the output contract for the detected type and keep section order deterministic.

4. Enrich with academic logic

For each section, add actionable subpoints that reflect:

  • mechanism
  • evidence structure
  • limitations
  • validation or future work
5. Final safety and writing pass

Check that:

  • the outline remains an outline
  • the tone is biomedical and academic
  • no claims exceed the source material

Fallback and Refusal Contract

If the input is non-biomedical or too weak to classify, respond with:

text
Cannot generate a biomedical outline yet.
Reason: <non-biomedical input / insufficient context / unsupported request>
Accepted retry formats:
- Review: biomedical keywords or topic direction
- Discussion: biomedical results/discussion paragraph
- Proposal: `Title:` plus background and objectives

Validation and Safety Rules

  • Do not fabricate citations, statistics, or findings.
  • Do not convert associative findings into causal conclusions unless the source clearly supports that level of language.
  • For clinically adjacent topics, remain at academic-writing level rather than diagnostic or treatment advice.
  • Surface ethics, consent, privacy, or cohort-compliance considerations when the prompt clearly implies them.

Deterministic Output Rules

  • Keep section order fixed for each type.
  • Use stable section labels across repeated runs.
  • If an expected item is missing, ask for it or leave the section high-level; do not hallucinate details.

Examples of Accepted Inputs

Type I
text
Research direction: tumor microenvironment, macrophage polarization, immune checkpoint resistance
Please generate a review outline.
Type II
text
In our mouse model, anti-PD-1 reduced tumor burden, but the effect was lost after CSF1 overexpression. Please draft a discussion outline.
Type III
text
Title: Exosomal miRNAs as early diagnostic biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease
Background: include plasma exosomes, qPCR versus small RNA-seq, validation cohort, and neuroinflammation markers.

Completion Checklist

  • Type detection is explicit.
  • Output matches the correct outline contract.
  • The result is directly usable for academic drafting.
  • Any limitation or missing-input warning is surfaced clearly.

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Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (scripts) in scientific-skills/Academic Writing/biomed-outline-generator of aipoch/medical-research-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • biomed-outline-generator_audit_result_v2.json
  • scripts/validate_skill.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 686e09d

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Questions about Biomed Outline Generator

What does Biomed Outline Generator do?

Generates structured biomedical outlines for review articles, discussion sections, and thesis proposals. Biomed Outline Generator is an agent skill from aipoch/medical-research-skills. Generates structured biomedical outlines for review articles, discussion sections, and thesis proposals.

When should I use Biomed Outline Generator?

Biomed Outline Generator fits situations like: A user provides biomedical keywords; results/discussion text; A proposal title plus background and needs a directly usable academic writing scaffold.

How do I install Biomed Outline Generator in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aipoch/medical-research-skills --skill biomed-outline-generator -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (scientific-skills/Academic Writing/biomed-outline-generator in aipoch/medical-research-skills) into .claude/skills/biomed-outline-generator in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Biomed Outline Generator in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aipoch/medical-research-skills --skill biomed-outline-generator -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (scientific-skills/Academic Writing/biomed-outline-generator in aipoch/medical-research-skills) into .agents/skills/biomed-outline-generator in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Biomed Outline Generator in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add aipoch/medical-research-skills --skill biomed-outline-generator -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/biomed-outline-generator, .gemini/skills/biomed-outline-generator, .github/skills/biomed-outline-generator and .opencode/skills/biomed-outline-generator in your project.

What does Biomed Outline Generator need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Biomed Outline Generator needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Biomed Outline Generator access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Biomed Outline Generator safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Biomed Outline Generator use?

Biomed Outline Generator is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Biomed Outline Generator use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Biomed Outline Generator?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Biomed Outline Generator: Cn Thesis Proposal (mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, 1.4k stars), Biomedical Paper (LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills, 2.2k stars), Research Proposal (LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills, 944 stars) and Scientific Thinking Scholar Evaluation (affaan-m/ECC, 277k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Biomed Outline Generator?

aipoch (a GitHub organization) maintains it in aipoch/medical-research-skills, which has 1,937 GitHub stars. The repository holds 578 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 17, 2026.

Source: aipoch/medical-research-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.