Agent skill

Med Researcher Guide

by wentorai in wentorai/research-plugins

Multi-agent system for biomedical literature review and synthesis

MITAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Med Researcher Guide

skills CLI
$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill med-researcher-guide -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins med-researcher-guide --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/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/domains/biomedical/med-researcher-guide .claude/skills/med-researcher-guide && 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
med-researcher-guide
GitHub stars
298
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
149 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
405
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Multi-agent system for biomedical literature review and synthesis

  • Works in 5 steps: Drug comparison reviews: Head-to-head… → Safety signal detection: Adverse event… → Guideline evidence: Supporting clinical… → …
  • Tasks that involve Literature review
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Architecture, Usage and PICO Framework Integration, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Med Researcher Guide is an agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins. Multi-agent system for biomedical literature review and synthesis

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Research & Science, covering Literature review and Multi-agent orchestration. It works with PubMed. The repository describes itself as: 350+ academic research skills, MCP configs, and plugins for Research-Claw and AI agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Literature review
  • Tasks that involve Multi-agent orchestration

Example prompts

  • “/med-researcher-guide”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Drug comparison reviews: Head-to-head efficacy analysis
  2. Safety signal detection: Adverse event pattern identification
  3. Guideline evidence: Supporting clinical guideline development
  4. Grant proposals: Rapid evidence landscape assessment
  5. Journal clubs: Structured paper discussion preparation

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit bf44b3c. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are python).

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • github.com
    • gdt.gradepro.org
    • ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

    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

Med Researcher Guide loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 22 tokens; SKILL.md has 149 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~22
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from wentorai/research-plugins at commit bf44b3c, republished under its MIT licence (© wentorai). 149 words, ~1,237 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/med-researcher-guide/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
med-researcher-guide
description
Multi-agent system for biomedical literature review and synthesis

Med-Researcher Guide

Overview

Med-Researcher is a multi-agent system designed specifically for biomedical literature review. It orchestrates specialized agents for searching PubMed and other medical databases, extracting structured evidence from clinical papers, and synthesizing findings into evidence-graded summaries. Particularly useful for clinical evidence reviews, drug interaction research, and systematic reviews in medicine.

Architecture

Agent Roles
Query → Planning Agent (decomposes clinical question)
            ↓
      Search Agent (PubMed, PMC, clinical trials)
            ↓
      Extraction Agent (PICO, outcomes, evidence grade)
            ↓
      Synthesis Agent (evidence summary, contradictions)
            ↓
      Report Agent (structured review output)
Agent Descriptions
AgentRole
PlannerConverts clinical question to PICO format, generates sub-queries
SearcherQueries PubMed, PMC, ClinicalTrials.gov
ExtractorExtracts structured data: population, intervention, outcomes
SynthesizerGrades evidence, identifies consensus and contradictions
ReporterGenerates formatted review with citations

Usage

python
from med_researcher import MedResearcher

researcher = MedResearcher(
    llm_provider="anthropic",
    search_backends=["pubmed", "pmc", "clinical_trials"],
)

# Clinical question
result = researcher.review(
    question="What is the comparative efficacy of SGLT2 inhibitors "
             "versus GLP-1 receptor agonists for cardiovascular "
             "outcomes in type 2 diabetes?",
    max_papers=50,
    evidence_grading=True,
)

print(result.summary)
print(f"Papers analyzed: {len(result.papers)}")
print(f"Evidence grade: {result.overall_grade}")

PICO Framework Integration

python
# Automatic PICO extraction from clinical question
pico = researcher.extract_pico(
    "Does metformin reduce cancer incidence in diabetic patients?"
)
# P: patients with diabetes
# I: metformin treatment
# C: no metformin / other antidiabetics
# O: cancer incidence

# Search with PICO components
result = researcher.review_pico(
    population="type 2 diabetes patients",
    intervention="metformin",
    comparison="placebo or other antidiabetics",
    outcome="cancer incidence",
)

Evidence Grading

python
# Evidence levels following GRADE methodology
for paper in result.papers:
    print(f"{paper.title}")
    print(f"  Study type: {paper.study_type}")  # RCT, cohort, case-control
    print(f"  Evidence level: {paper.evidence_level}")  # High/Moderate/Low/Very Low
    print(f"  Risk of bias: {paper.bias_risk}")
    print(f"  Sample size: {paper.sample_size}")

# Aggregate evidence summary
print(f"\nOverall certainty: {result.certainty}")
print(f"Recommendation strength: {result.recommendation}")

Search Configuration

python
researcher = MedResearcher(
    search_config={
        "pubmed": {
            "max_results": 100,
            "date_range": ("2020-01-01", "2025-12-31"),
            "article_types": ["Clinical Trial", "Meta-Analysis",
                              "Randomized Controlled Trial"],
        },
        "clinical_trials": {
            "status": ["Completed", "Active"],
            "phase": ["Phase 3", "Phase 4"],
        },
    },
    extraction_config={
        "fields": ["population", "intervention", "comparator",
                   "primary_outcome", "secondary_outcomes",
                   "adverse_events", "sample_size", "follow_up"],
    },
)

Output Formats

python
# Structured evidence table
result.export_evidence_table("evidence_table.csv")

# PRISMA flow diagram data
prisma = result.prisma_flow()
print(f"Identified: {prisma['identified']}")
print(f"Screened: {prisma['screened']}")
print(f"Included: {prisma['included']}")

# Bibliography
result.export_bibtex("references.bib")

# Full report
result.export_report("review.md", format="markdown")

Clinical Use Cases

  1. Drug comparison reviews: Head-to-head efficacy analysis
  2. Safety signal detection: Adverse event pattern identification
  3. Guideline evidence: Supporting clinical guideline development
  4. Grant proposals: Rapid evidence landscape assessment
  5. Journal clubs: Structured paper discussion preparation

References

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

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/domains/biomedical/med-researcher-guide of wentorai/research-plugins.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit bf44b3c

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in wentorai/research-plugins, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Works with

Questions about Med Researcher Guide

What does Med Researcher Guide do?

Multi-agent system for biomedical literature review and synthesis. Med Researcher Guide is an agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins.

When should I use Med Researcher Guide?

Med Researcher Guide fits situations like: tasks that involve Literature review; tasks that involve Multi-agent orchestration.

How do I install Med Researcher Guide in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill med-researcher-guide -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/domains/biomedical/med-researcher-guide in wentorai/research-plugins) into .claude/skills/med-researcher-guide in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Med Researcher Guide in Codex?

Run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill med-researcher-guide -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/domains/biomedical/med-researcher-guide in wentorai/research-plugins) into .agents/skills/med-researcher-guide in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Med Researcher Guide 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 wentorai/research-plugins --skill med-researcher-guide -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/med-researcher-guide, .gemini/skills/med-researcher-guide, .github/skills/med-researcher-guide and .opencode/skills/med-researcher-guide in your project.

What does Med Researcher Guide need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Med Researcher Guide is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Med Researcher Guide access the network?

SKILL.md names 3 domains. As links in the text: github.com, gdt.gradepro.org and ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Med Researcher Guide 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. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Med Researcher Guide use?

Med Researcher Guide is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Med Researcher Guide use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.9k 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 Med Researcher Guide?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Med Researcher Guide: Systematic Review Screener (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars), Literature Review (neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent, 126 stars), Academic Search and Citation Router (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 47k stars) and Literature Review (K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills, 48k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Med Researcher Guide?

wentorai (a GitHub user) maintains it in wentorai/research-plugins, which has 298 GitHub stars. The repository holds 405 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 19, 2026.

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