Agent skill

Research Hotspot Analysis

by aipoch in aipoch/medical-research-skills

Analyze research hotspots for a disease or topic and recommend representative literature.

MITAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Research Hotspot Analysis

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aipoch/medical-research-skills --skill research-hotspot-analysis -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aipoch/medical-research-skills research-hotspot-analysis --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/Evidence Insight/research-hotspot-analysis' .claude/skills/research-hotspot-analysis && 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
research-hotspot-analysis
GitHub stars
1.9k
Token cost
~1.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
817 words
Files
5 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
578
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Analyze research hotspots for a disease or topic and recommend representative literature.

  • Works in 4 steps: Hotspot Overview Table → Hotspot Detail Analysis → Research Gap Identification → …
  • Users need to identify trending directions
  • SKILL.md covers Output Format, When to Use, When Not to Use and Required Inputs, plus 9 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Research Hotspot Analysis is an agent skill from aipoch/medical-research-skills. Analyze research hotspots for a disease or topic and recommend representative literature. Use when users need to identify trending directions, topic clusters, or generate hotspot review reports. Input is a disease name or research topic; output is a structured hotspot analysis report and representative literature list.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `POLISH_CHANGELOG.md`, `eval_report_research-hotspot-analysis_result.json` and `references/prompt_templates.md`).

It sits in Writing & Content, covering Content strategy. 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

  • Users need to identify trending directions
  • Generate hotspot review reports

Example prompts

  • “/research-hotspot-analysis”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Hotspot Overview Table
  2. Hotspot Detail Analysis
  3. Research Gap Identification
  4. Recommended Entry Directions

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.

    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

Research Hotspot Analysis loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 87 tokens; SKILL.md has 817 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~87
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.8k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.3k

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). 817 words, ~1,803 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/research-hotspot-analysis/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 4 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
research-hotspot-analysis
description
Analyze research hotspots for a disease or topic and recommend representative literature. Use when users need to identify trending directions, topic clusters, or generate hotspot review reports. Input is a disease name or research topic; output is a structured hotspot analysis report and representative literature list.
license
MIT
author
AIPOCH

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

Output Format

Output must strictly follow this structured report format to ensure users receive directly readable decision-ready content rather than a simple text description.

1. Hotspot Overview Table

Display all identified hotspot topics and their popularity metrics in tabular form.

Hotspot TopicPopularity IndexTrend DirectionRepresentative PapersActive Years
[Topic 1]★★★★★Rising45 papers2023-2026
[Topic 2]★★★★Stable28 papers2022-2026
[Topic 3]★★★Declining12 papers2020-2024
  • Popularity Index: Composite score based on publication volume, citation frequency, and top-tier journal proportion (max ★★★★★).
  • Trend Direction: Recent 3-year publication trend (Rising / Stable / Declining).
  • Representative Papers: Number of core papers matching the hotspot topic.
  • Active Years: Year range with sustained output for the hotspot.
2. Hotspot Detail Analysis

Each hotspot is expanded independently, including popularity rating, trend description, sub-direction composition, and key papers.

Hotspot 1: [Topic Name]
  • Popularity Index: ★★★★★ (Very Hot)
  • Trend: Rising publication volume over the past 3 years
  • Core Research Directions:
    • Sub-direction A (40%)
    • Sub-direction B (35%)
  • Key Papers:
PaperJournalYearCitationsEvidence Level
[Title]Nature2025230High
[Title]Cell Rep202498Medium
[Title]Front Immunol202415Low
  • Evidence Level: High (top-tier/highly cited), Medium (mainstream/moderate citations), Low (lower-tier/few citations).
Hotspot 2: [Topic Name]

...

3. Research Gap Identification

Analyze under-explored areas in current literature.

Research GapPotential ValueFeasibilityReason
[Gap 1 - underexplored direction]HighMediumFew than 10 papers, but clear clinical demand
[Gap 2]MediumHighMature tools available, but not yet applied in this field
  • Potential Value: High / Medium / Low, based on unmet clinical or basic research needs.
  • Feasibility: High / Medium / Low, based on technical maturity, research barriers, and execution difficulty.
4. Recommended Entry Directions

Based on the preceding analysis, provide concrete actionable research entry suggestions.

PriorityRecommended DirectionReasonExpected Output
1[Direction A]High popularity + existing gap + good feasibility1 review / 1 experimental design
2[Direction B]Emerging hotspot + low competition1-2 research papers
3[Direction C]Niche but high clinical valueCase series / methodology paper

Research Hotspot Analysis

When to Use

  • The user provides a disease name, target, technical roadmap, or research topic, and wants to quickly see current research hotspots.
  • The user needs to cluster recent literature by keywords and topics to find directions worth deeper exploration.
  • The user wants a Markdown hotspot analysis report with representative literature for topic selection or review writing.

When Not to Use

  • Do not use this skill when the user only needs single-paper retrieval or a simple reference list.
  • If there is no clear disease, topic, or search scope, do not start clustering immediately — first ask the user to clarify topic boundaries.
  • If the environment cannot access the scripts or retrieval data this skill depends on, do not fabricate hotspot results.

Required Inputs

FieldRequiredFormat/SourceExampleIf Missing
topicYesTextlung cancer immunotherapyStop and request topic
time_rangeNoTime rangelast 5 yearsDefault to recent literature
focusNoTextmechanism, clinical translationDefault to comprehensive hotspot output
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Workflow

  1. Use search_pubmed from scripts/analysis_ops.py to search relevant literature and obtain PMIDs and basic metadata.
  2. Run word_frequency on the returned medline_texts to count high-frequency keywords or MeSH terms.
  3. Combine with hotspot prompts in references/prompt_templates.md to cluster high-frequency keywords into 3-6 hotspot topics.
  4. Use match_keywords to map representative literature to each topic, avoiding mismatches between topics and evidence.
  5. For each topic, call sort_by_jif_and_select to choose representative literature, then use fetchPMCArticleDetails or fetchPubmedArticleDetails to supplement details.
  6. Output a Markdown report with at least: research overview, hotspot topics, representative keywords per topic, representative literature, and follow-up suggestions.

Output Contract

  • Primary output: A Markdown hotspot analysis report.
  • Required fields: topic overview, hotspot topics, supporting papers, next-step suggestions.
  • Recommend at least 2-3 representative papers per hotspot, with explanation of why the topic qualifies as a hotspot.
  • If retrieval coverage is insufficient, must explicitly mark as PARTIAL.

Failure Handling

  • Too few literature search results: First broaden time range or relax keywords, then explain coverage gaps.
  • Unstable keyword clustering: Show high-frequency keywords and indicate clustering is candidate-only — do not force conclusions.
  • Representative literature lacks usable details: Keep PMID and title, mark as pending.

User Checkpoints

  • Before starting a broad search, confirm topic boundaries and time range.
  • Before outputting the final hotspot report, if cluster topics are clearly ambiguous, send candidate topics to user for confirmation.

Tools

  • fetchPMCArticleDetails: Get article details.
  • fetchPubmedArticleDetails: Get PubMed details.

Scripts

  • scripts/analysis_ops.py: Contains helper functions for PubMed search, frequency analysis, keyword matching, and result formatting.

References

  • references/prompt_templates.md: Contains the system prompts for LLM analysis.

Input Validation

This skill accepts requests that match the documented purpose of research-hotspot-analysis and include enough context to complete the workflow safely.

Quick Validation

  • Check that scripts/analysis_ops.py exists and can perform at least the three core steps: search, word frequency, and matching.
  • Check that the final report contains hotspot topics with corresponding representative literature, not just a keyword list.
  • Check that each hotspot topic has clear evidence sources to support it.

© aipoch, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (scripts, references) in scientific-skills/Evidence Insight/research-hotspot-analysis of aipoch/medical-research-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • POLISH_CHANGELOG.md
  • eval_report_research-hotspot-analysis_result.json
  • references/prompt_templates.md
  • scripts/analysis_ops.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 686e09d

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Questions about Research Hotspot Analysis

What does Research Hotspot Analysis do?

Analyze research hotspots for a disease or topic and recommend representative literature. Research Hotspot Analysis is an agent skill from aipoch/medical-research-skills. Analyze research hotspots for a disease or topic and recommend representative literature.

When should I use Research Hotspot Analysis?

Research Hotspot Analysis fits situations like: users need to identify trending directions; generate hotspot review reports.

How do I install Research Hotspot Analysis in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aipoch/medical-research-skills --skill research-hotspot-analysis -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (scientific-skills/Evidence Insight/research-hotspot-analysis in aipoch/medical-research-skills) into .claude/skills/research-hotspot-analysis in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Research Hotspot Analysis in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aipoch/medical-research-skills --skill research-hotspot-analysis -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (scientific-skills/Evidence Insight/research-hotspot-analysis in aipoch/medical-research-skills) into .agents/skills/research-hotspot-analysis in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Research Hotspot Analysis 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 research-hotspot-analysis -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/research-hotspot-analysis, .gemini/skills/research-hotspot-analysis, .github/skills/research-hotspot-analysis and .opencode/skills/research-hotspot-analysis in your project.

What does Research Hotspot Analysis need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Research Hotspot Analysis needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Research Hotspot Analysis 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 Research Hotspot Analysis 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 Research Hotspot Analysis use?

Research Hotspot Analysis 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 Research Hotspot Analysis use?

About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 464 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

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Who maintains Research Hotspot Analysis?

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.