Searches molecular libraries for substructure matches using SMARTS patterns with RDKit.

No licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Bio Substructure Search

skills CLI
$ npx skills add FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills --skill bio-substructure-search -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills bio-substructure-search --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/FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/bio-substructure-search .claude/skills/bio-substructure-search && 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
bio-substructure-search
GitHub stars
3.1k
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
236 words
Files
3
Skills in repo
170
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Searches molecular libraries for substructure matches using SMARTS patterns with RDKit.

  • Finding compounds containing specific chemical moieties
  • SKILL.md covers Version Compatibility, Basic Substructure Search, Common SMARTS Patterns and Library Filtering, plus 5 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls pip
  • Filtering libraries by structural features

What it does

Bio Substructure Search is an agent skill from FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills. Searches molecular libraries for substructure matches using SMARTS patterns with RDKit. Filters compounds by pharmacophore features, functional groups, or scaffold matches with atom mapping. Use when finding compounds containing specific chemical moieties or filtering libraries by structural features.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files (for example `examples/substructure_search.py` and `usage-guide.md`).

It sits in Research & Science, covering Drug discovery and cheminformatics. It works with RDKit. The repository describes itself as: The largest open-source medical AI skills library for OpenClaw🦞.

When your agent uses it

  • Finding compounds containing specific chemical moieties
  • Filtering libraries by structural features

Example prompts

  • “Use the bio-substructure-search skill to search molecular libraries for substructure matches using SMARTS patterns with RDKit”
  • “/bio-substructure-search”

Requirements

  • Python 3

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b1f9b6e. 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 script files (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • pip

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Bio Substructure Search loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 82 tokens; SKILL.md has 236 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~82
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 236 words (~1,583 tokens).

“Reference examples tested with: RDKit 2024.03+”

— opening of SKILL.md by FreedomIntelligence
name
bio-substructure-search
tool_type
python
primary_tool
RDKit

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files in skills/bio-substructure-search of FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • examples/substructure_search.py
  • usage-guide.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b1f9b6e

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Questions about Bio Substructure Search

What does Bio Substructure Search do?

Searches molecular libraries for substructure matches using SMARTS patterns with RDKit. Bio Substructure Search is an agent skill from FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills. Searches molecular libraries for substructure matches using SMARTS patterns with RDKit.

When should I use Bio Substructure Search?

Bio Substructure Search fits situations like: finding compounds containing specific chemical moieties; filtering libraries by structural features.

How do I install Bio Substructure Search in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills --skill bio-substructure-search -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/bio-substructure-search in FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills) into .claude/skills/bio-substructure-search in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Bio Substructure Search in Codex?

Run `npx skills add FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills --skill bio-substructure-search -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/bio-substructure-search in FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills) into .agents/skills/bio-substructure-search in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Bio Substructure Search 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 FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills --skill bio-substructure-search -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/bio-substructure-search, .gemini/skills/bio-substructure-search, .github/skills/bio-substructure-search and .opencode/skills/bio-substructure-search in your project.

What does Bio Substructure Search need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Bio Substructure Search needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (pip). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Bio Substructure Search access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Bio Substructure Search 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 Bio Substructure Search use?

No licence was found for Bio Substructure Search or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Bio Substructure Search use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.3k 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 Bio Substructure Search?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Bio Substructure Search: DiffDock Molecular Docking (K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills, 48k stars), Edu Chem Reaction (wy51ai/edulab, 1.4k stars), Biopipelines (locbp-uzh/biopipelines, 109 stars) and RDKit Conformer Generator (jinzhezenggroup/computational-chemistry-agent-skills, 148 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Bio Substructure Search?

FreedomIntelligence (a GitHub organization) maintains it in FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills, which has 3,052 GitHub stars. The repository holds 170 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 21, 2026.

Source: FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.