Disease Research

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Users ask about diseases
• Need systematic disease analysis

Example prompts

• “/disease-research”

Requirements

• Python 3

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Create report file — Initialize {disease_name}_research_report.md with the full report template
2. 2Research each dimension — Query all relevant ToolUniverse tools per dimension
3. 3Update report progressively — Write findings to the file after completing each dimension
4. 4Include citations — Every fact must reference the source tool that provided it

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ab9aba1. 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 2 files 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

Disease Research loads about 946 tokens when it runs, and up to ~5.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 82 tokens; SKILL.md has 370 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

~946

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~5.2k

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

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 lamm-mit/scienceclaw at commit ab9aba1, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© lamm-mit). 370 words, ~946 tokens.

name

disease-research

description

Generate comprehensive disease research reports using 100+ ToolUniverse tools. The agent creates a detailed markdown report file and progressively updates it with findings from 10 research dimensions, with full source citations. Use when users ask about diseases, syndromes, or need systematic disease analysis.

metadata.source

https://github.com/mims-harvard/ToolUniverse/tree/main/skills/tooluniverse-disease-research

User: "Research Parkinson's disease"

Agent actions (internal, not shown to user):
1. Create "parkinsons_disease_research_report.md" with template
2. Research DIM 1 → Update Identity section
3. Research DIM 2 → Update Clinical section
4. ... continue for all 10 dimensions
5. Present final report to user

© lamm-mit, Apache-2.0. 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 3 other files (scripts, references) in skills/disease-research of lamm-mit/scienceclaw.

• SKILL.md
• references/tool-reference.md
• scripts/__pycache__/run.cpython-313.pyc
• scripts/run.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ab9aba1