Agent skill

Pubmed Article Search

by InternScience in InternScience/scp

Search PubMed database for scientific articles and publications to retrieve biomedical literature.

MITAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Pubmed Article Search

skills CLI
$ npx skills add InternScience/scp --skill pubmed-article-search -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install InternScience/scp pubmed-article-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/InternScience/scp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/pubmed-article-search .claude/skills/pubmed-article-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
pubmed-article-search
GitHub stars
169
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~641 tokens
SKILL.md length
37 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
73
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Search PubMed database for scientific articles and publications to retrieve biomedical literature.

  • Tasks that involve Academic paper search
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Pubmed Article Search is an agent skill from InternScience/scp. Search PubMed database for scientific articles and publications to retrieve biomedical literature.

Its SKILL.md is about 640 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 Academic paper search. It works with PubMed. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Academic paper search

Example prompts

  • “/pubmed-article-search”

Requirements

  • Python 3

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cea5398. 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

    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

Pubmed Article Search loads about 641 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 30 tokens; SKILL.md has 37 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~30
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~641

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 InternScience/scp at commit cea5398, republished under its MIT licence (© InternScience). 37 words, ~641 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/pubmed-article-search/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
pubmed-article-search
description
Search PubMed database for scientific articles and publications to retrieve biomedical literature.
license
MIT license
metadata.skill-author
PJLab

PubMed Article Search

Usage

python
import asyncio
import json
from mcp.client.streamable_http import streamablehttp_client
from mcp import ClientSession

class ToolUniverseClient:
    def __init__(self, server_url: str, api_key: str):
        self.server_url = server_url
        self.api_key = api_key
        self.session = None

    async def connect(self):
        try:
            self.transport = streamablehttp_client(url=self.server_url, headers={"SCP-HUB-API-KEY": self.api_key})
            self.read, self.write, self.get_session_id = await self.transport.__aenter__()
            self.session_ctx = ClientSession(self.read, self.write)
            self.session = await self.session_ctx.__aenter__()
            await self.session.initialize()
            return True
        except Exception as e:
            return False

    async def disconnect(self):
        if self.session:
            await self.session_ctx.__aexit__(None, None, None)
        if hasattr(self, 'transport'):
            await self.transport.__aexit__(None, None, None)

    def parse_result(self, result):
        try:
            if hasattr(result, 'content') and result.content:
                content = result.content[0]
                if hasattr(content, 'text'):
                    return json.loads(content.text)
            return str(result)
        except Exception as e:
            return {"error": f"parse error: {e}", "raw": str(result)}

## Initialize and use
client = ToolUniverseClient("https://scp.intern-ai.org.cn/api/v1/mcp/36/ToolUniverse", "<your-api-key>")
await client.connect()

result = await client.session.call_tool("PubMed_search_articles", arguments={"query": "protein", "limit": 10})
result_data = client.parse_result(result)

for i, article in enumerate(result_data, 1):
    print(f"{i}. {article['title']}")
    print(f"   Authors: {', '.join(article['authors'][:3])}")
    print(f"   Journal: {article['journal']} ({article['year']})")
    print(f"   DOI: {article['doi']}")
    print(f"   URL: {article['url']}\n")

await client.disconnect()
Tool: PubMed_search_articles
  • Args: query (str) - Search query, limit (int) - Max results
  • Returns: List of articles with title, abstract, authors, journal, year, DOI, URL
Use Cases
  • Literature review, citation discovery, research background, clinical studies

© InternScience, 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/pubmed-article-search of InternScience/scp.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cea5398

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in InternScience/scp, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Paper Searchopenags/paper-search-mcp2.8k—~1.2kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT
Nature Academic Searchwp-a/nature-academic-search301—~1.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Works with

Questions about Pubmed Article Search

What does Pubmed Article Search do?

Search PubMed database for scientific articles and publications to retrieve biomedical literature. Pubmed Article Search is an agent skill from InternScience/scp. Search PubMed database for scientific articles and publications to retrieve biomedical literature.

When should I use Pubmed Article Search?

Pubmed Article Search fits situations like: tasks that involve Academic paper search.

How do I install Pubmed Article Search in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add InternScience/scp --skill pubmed-article-search -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/pubmed-article-search in InternScience/scp) into .claude/skills/pubmed-article-search in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Pubmed Article Search in Codex?

Run `npx skills add InternScience/scp --skill pubmed-article-search -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/pubmed-article-search in InternScience/scp) into .agents/skills/pubmed-article-search in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Pubmed Article 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 InternScience/scp --skill pubmed-article-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/pubmed-article-search, .gemini/skills/pubmed-article-search, .github/skills/pubmed-article-search and .opencode/skills/pubmed-article-search in your project.

What does Pubmed Article Search need to run?

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

Does Pubmed Article Search 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 Pubmed Article 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 Pubmed Article Search use?

Pubmed Article Search 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 Pubmed Article Search use?

About 641 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.6k 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 Pubmed Article Search?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Pubmed Article Search: Literature Review (neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent, 126 stars), Citation Management (K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-writer, 2.4k stars), Citation Management (neflibata-feng/MyArxiv-Agent, 126 stars) and Paper Search (openags/paper-search-mcp, 2.8k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Pubmed Article Search?

InternScience (a GitHub organization) maintains it in InternScience/scp, which has 169 GitHub stars. The repository holds 73 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 3, 2026.

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