Agent skill

Prior-Art Evidence Cards

by illusionaireal in illusionaireal/oh-my-patent

Creates standardized evidence cards for patents, papers, standards and other prior-art references, saved as markdown files with required fields by source type.

MITAuto-check passedLegal & Compliance

Install Prior-Art Evidence Cards

skills CLI
$ npx skills add illusionaireal/oh-my-patent --skill evidence-card -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install illusionaireal/oh-my-patent evidence-card --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/illusionaireal/oh-my-patent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/skills/evidence-card .claude/skills/evidence-card && 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
evidence-card
GitHub stars
104
Token cost
~516 tokens
SKILL.md length
119 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
7
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Creates standardized evidence cards for patents, papers, standards and other prior-art references, saved as markdown files with required fields by source type.

  • Documenting a patent or paper as prior art for a disclosure
  • SKILL.md covers Usage, Card Format, Field Requirements and Output
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Recording legal status and citations for highly relevant patents

What it does

This skill writes one structured markdown evidence card per prior-art reference into a references folder, named by source and ID. Each card holds the source database name, the content (a title and abstract at minimum) and a relevance note covering key features and differences. Patent cards add a patent family, even when it is only the patent itself, and patents rated 4 or higher for relevance also need legal status and up to 10 forward and backward citations each, skipped when unavailable.

When deeper information such as legal status, family or citations cannot be obtained from the connected MCP servers, the section is marked as information not available instead of being left out, so gaps stay visible.

When your agent uses it

  • Documenting a patent or paper as prior art for a disclosure
  • Recording legal status and citations for highly relevant patents
  • Standardizing a folder of reference notes

Example prompts

  • “Create evidence cards for these three patents and the standard I found.”
  • “Add the legal status and citations to the card for the most relevant patent.”
  • “Make a card for this paper with a relevance note on how it differs from our idea.”

Requirements

  • MCP servers for patent data, for legal status and citations

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f44755c. 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 markdown).

    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

Prior-Art Evidence Cards loads about 516 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 31 tokens; SKILL.md has 119 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~31
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~516

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 illusionaireal/oh-my-patent at commit f44755c, republished under its MIT licence (© illusionaireal). 119 words, ~516 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/evidence-card/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
evidence-card
description
Use when creating standardized evidence cards for patents, papers, standards, or other prior-art references.

Evidence Card Skill

Generate standardized evidence cards for prior art references.

Usage

Creates structured evidence cards in references/ directory.

Card Format

markdown
# Evidence Card: {ID}

## Source
- Database: {source}
- ID: {identifier}
- URL: {url}
- Type: patent | paper | standard

## Content
- Title: {title}
- Abstract: {abstract}
- Claims Summary: {claims_summary}

## Relevance
- Key Features: {key_features}
- Differences: {differences}

## Legal Status
- Status: granted | pending | lapsed | withdrawn
- Jurisdiction: CN | US | EP | JP
- Expiration: YYYY-MM-DD (if known)

## Patent Family
| Jurisdiction | Patent Number | Status |
|-------------|-------------|--------|
| CN | CN108234567A | granted |
| US | US10123456B2 | granted |
| EP | EP3456789A1 | pending |

## Citations

### Forward Citations (cited by)
- [R3] Title (2023) - cited Claim 1
- [R5] Title (2022) - cited Claim 1, 3
(max 10, sorted by relevance)

### Backward Citations (cites)
- [D1] Title (2018) - cited by this patent
- [D2] Title (2019) - cited by this patent
(max 10, sorted by relevance)

Field Requirements

FieldRequired forNotes
SourceAll entriesDatabase name
ContentAll entriesTitle + abstract minimum
RelevanceAll entriesKey features + differences
Legal StatusPatents with relevance >= 4 starsRequired for high-relevance patents
Patent FamilyAll patent entriesEven if only self (1 row)
Forward CitationsPatents with relevance >= 4 starsMax 10, skip if unavailable
Backward CitationsPatents with relevance >= 4 starsMax 10, skip if unavailable

If deep information (legal status, family, citations) is not available from MCP servers, mark the section as "Information not available" rather than omitting it.

Output

  • references/{source}_{id}.md: Individual evidence card

© illusionaireal, 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 src/skills/evidence-card of illusionaireal/oh-my-patent.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f44755c

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Questions about Prior-Art Evidence Cards

What does Prior-Art Evidence Cards do?

Creates standardized evidence cards for patents, papers, standards and other prior-art references, saved as markdown files with required fields by source type. This skill writes one structured markdown evidence card per prior-art reference into a references folder, named by source and ID. Each card holds the source database name, the content (a title and abstract at minimum) and a relevance note covering key features and differences.

When should I use Prior-Art Evidence Cards?

Prior-Art Evidence Cards fits situations like: documenting a patent or paper as prior art for a disclosure; recording legal status and citations for highly relevant patents; standardizing a folder of reference notes.

How do I install Prior-Art Evidence Cards in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add illusionaireal/oh-my-patent --skill evidence-card -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (src/skills/evidence-card in illusionaireal/oh-my-patent) into .claude/skills/evidence-card in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Prior-Art Evidence Cards in Codex?

Run `npx skills add illusionaireal/oh-my-patent --skill evidence-card -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (src/skills/evidence-card in illusionaireal/oh-my-patent) into .agents/skills/evidence-card in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Prior-Art Evidence Cards 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 illusionaireal/oh-my-patent --skill evidence-card -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/evidence-card, .gemini/skills/evidence-card, .github/skills/evidence-card and .opencode/skills/evidence-card in your project.

What does Prior-Art Evidence Cards need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Prior-Art Evidence Cards is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: MCP servers for patent data, for legal status and citations.

Does Prior-Art Evidence Cards 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 Prior-Art Evidence Cards 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 Prior-Art Evidence Cards use?

Prior-Art Evidence Cards 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 Prior-Art Evidence Cards use?

About 516 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.1k 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 Prior-Art Evidence Cards?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Prior-Art Evidence Cards: Paper to Chinese Patent Drafter (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 47k stars), USPTO Patent and Trademark Data (davila7/claude-code-templates, 33k stars), Research Thread (nubjs/nub, 4.4k stars) and Patsnap Chemical Molecular (patsnap/mcp, 113 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Prior-Art Evidence Cards?

illusionaireal (a GitHub user) maintains it in illusionaireal/oh-my-patent, which has 104 GitHub stars. The repository holds 7 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: illusionaireal/oh-my-patent on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.