Agent skill

Osti Database

Search OSTI.gov for DOE technical reports on critical minerals, energy, and materials science

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Osti Database

skills CLI

$ npx skills add lamm-mit/scienceclaw --skill osti-database -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install lamm-mit/scienceclaw osti-database --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/lamm-mit/scienceclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/osti-database .claude/skills/osti-database && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "osti-database" agent skill from https://github.com/lamm-mit/scienceclaw/tree/main/skills/osti-database into .claude/skills/osti-database/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "osti-database", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/lamm-mit/scienceclaw/tree/main/skills/osti-database

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add lamm-mit/scienceclaw --skill osti-database -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install lamm-mit/scienceclaw osti-database --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lamm-mit/scienceclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/osti-database .agents/skills/osti-database && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "osti-database" agent skill from https://github.com/lamm-mit/scienceclaw/tree/main/skills/osti-database into .agents/skills/osti-database/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "osti-database", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add lamm-mit/scienceclaw --skill osti-database -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install lamm-mit/scienceclaw osti-database --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lamm-mit/scienceclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/osti-database .cursor/skills/osti-database && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "osti-database" agent skill from https://github.com/lamm-mit/scienceclaw/tree/main/skills/osti-database into .cursor/skills/osti-database/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "osti-database", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/lamm-mit/scienceclaw.git --path skills/osti-database

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add lamm-mit/scienceclaw --skill osti-database -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install lamm-mit/scienceclaw osti-database --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lamm-mit/scienceclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/osti-database .gemini/skills/osti-database && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "osti-database" agent skill from https://github.com/lamm-mit/scienceclaw/tree/main/skills/osti-database into .gemini/skills/osti-database/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "osti-database", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install lamm-mit/scienceclaw osti-database

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add lamm-mit/scienceclaw --skill osti-database -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lamm-mit/scienceclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/osti-database .github/skills/osti-database && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "osti-database" agent skill from https://github.com/lamm-mit/scienceclaw/tree/main/skills/osti-database into .github/skills/osti-database/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "osti-database", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add lamm-mit/scienceclaw --skill osti-database -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install lamm-mit/scienceclaw osti-database --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lamm-mit/scienceclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/osti-database .opencode/skills/osti-database && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "osti-database" agent skill from https://github.com/lamm-mit/scienceclaw/tree/main/skills/osti-database into .opencode/skills/osti-database/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "osti-database", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: osti-database
GitHub stars: 244
Token cost: ~804 tokens
SKILL.md length: 211 words
Files: 2 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo: 85
Repo updated: Aug 21, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

Search OSTI.gov for DOE technical reports on critical minerals, energy, and materials science

Tasks that involve Physical and earth sciences
SKILL.md covers Usage, Parameters, Commodity Codes and Examples, plus 1 more section
Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3

What it does

Osti Database is an agent skill from lamm-mit/scienceclaw. Search OSTI.gov for DOE technical reports on critical minerals, energy, and materials science

Its SKILL.md is about 800 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including scripts (for example `scripts/osti_search.py`).

It sits in Research & Science, covering Physical and earth sciences. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve Physical and earth sciences

Example prompts

“/osti-database”

Requirements

Python 3

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 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- python3
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

Osti Database loads about 804 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 27 tokens; SKILL.md has 211 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~27
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~804

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); 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). 211 words, ~804 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/osti-database/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: osti-database
description: Search OSTI.gov for DOE technical reports on critical minerals, energy, and materials science

OSTI Database Search

Search the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.gov) for technical reports, journal articles, and conference papers. Covers 1,100+ DOE-funded documents across critical mineral categories including rare earth elements, lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper, gallium, germanium, and graphite.

Usage

Basic search:

bash

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/osti_search.py --query "rare earth separation"

Search by commodity:

bash

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/osti_search.py --query "extraction" --commodity HREE

Filter by year range:

bash

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/osti_search.py --query "lithium recovery" --year-from 2020 --year-to 2025

Filter by product type:

bash

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/osti_search.py --query "critical minerals" --product-type "Technical Report"

JSON output:

bash

python3 {baseDir}/scripts/osti_search.py --query "cobalt supply chain" --format json --limit 20

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Default
`--query`	Search query	Required
`--commodity`	Commodity filter (HREE, LREE, CO, LI, GA, GR, NI, CU, GE, OTH)	-
`--product-type`	Product type filter (Technical Report, Journal Article, Conference)	-
`--year-from`	Start year for publication date filter	-
`--year-to`	End year for publication date filter	-
`--limit`	Maximum results to return	10
`--sort`	Sort by: relevance, date	relevance
`--format`	Output format: summary, detailed, json, bibtex	summary

Commodity Codes

Code	Description
`HREE`	Heavy Rare Earth Elements (Dy, Tb, Eu, Y, etc.)
`LREE`	Light Rare Earth Elements (La, Ce, Nd, Pr, etc.)
`CO`	Cobalt
`LI`	Lithium
`GA`	Gallium
`GR`	Graphite
`NI`	Nickel
`CU`	Copper
`GE`	Germanium
`OTH`	Other critical minerals

Examples

bash

# Search for heavy rare earth separation techniques
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/osti_search.py --query "heavy rare earth separation" --commodity HREE

# Recent DOE reports on lithium extraction
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/osti_search.py --query "lithium extraction" --product-type "Technical Report" --year-from 2022 --sort date

# Critical minerals supply chain analysis with detailed output
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/osti_search.py --query "supply chain critical minerals" --format detailed --limit 15

# Get BibTeX citations for cobalt recycling papers
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/osti_search.py --query "cobalt recycling" --commodity CO --format bibtex

Notes

OSTI.gov API is free and does not require authentication
Covers DOE-funded research: national labs, universities, contractors
Document types include technical reports, journal articles, conference papers, theses, patents
For local corpus search, use the corpus-search skill instead
Rate limiting: be courteous, avoid excessive requests

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (scripts) in skills/osti-database of lamm-mit/scienceclaw.

SKILL.md
scripts/osti_search.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ab9aba1

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Questions about Osti Database

What does Osti Database do?

Search OSTI.gov for DOE technical reports on critical minerals, energy, and materials science. Osti Database is an agent skill from lamm-mit/scienceclaw.

When should I use Osti Database?

Osti Database fits situations like: tasks that involve Physical and earth sciences.

How do I install Osti Database in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add lamm-mit/scienceclaw --skill osti-database -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/osti-database in lamm-mit/scienceclaw) into .claude/skills/osti-database in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Osti Database in Codex?

Run `npx skills add lamm-mit/scienceclaw --skill osti-database -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/osti-database in lamm-mit/scienceclaw) into .agents/skills/osti-database in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Osti Database 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 lamm-mit/scienceclaw --skill osti-database -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/osti-database, .gemini/skills/osti-database, .github/skills/osti-database and .opencode/skills/osti-database in your project.

What does Osti Database need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Osti Database needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Osti Database 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 Osti Database 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Osti Database use?

Osti Database is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Osti Database use?

About 804 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.2k 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 Osti Database?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Osti Database: Cantera Ignition Delay (K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills, 48k stars), Astropy (zLanqing/codex-claude-academic-skills, 4.6k stars), Pymatgen (zLanqing/codex-claude-academic-skills, 4.6k stars) and Weather (trpc-group/trpc-agent-go, 1.8k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Osti Database?

lamm-mit (a GitHub user) maintains it in lamm-mit/scienceclaw, which has 244 GitHub stars. The repository holds 85 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 21, 2026.

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

Install Osti Database

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

OSTI Database Search

Usage

Basic search:

Search by commodity:

Filter by year range:

Filter by product type:

JSON output:

Parameters

Commodity Codes

Examples

Notes

Files

Compare with similar skills

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