Agent skill

Patsnap Ip Searching

Patsnap Patent Research MCP for AI agents. An agent skill from patsnap/mcp.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedLegal & Compliance

Install Patsnap Ip Searching

skills CLI

$ npx skills add patsnap/mcp --skill patsnap-ip-searching -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install patsnap/mcp patsnap-ip-searching --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/patsnap/mcp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/ip-intelligence/patsnap-ip-searching .claude/skills/patsnap-ip-searching && 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 "patsnap-ip-searching" agent skill from https://github.com/patsnap/mcp/tree/main/ip-intelligence/patsnap-ip-searching into .claude/skills/patsnap-ip-searching/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "patsnap-ip-searching", 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/patsnap/mcp/tree/main/ip-intelligence/patsnap-ip-searching

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 patsnap/mcp --skill patsnap-ip-searching -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install patsnap/mcp patsnap-ip-searching --agent codex

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/patsnap/mcp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/ip-intelligence/patsnap-ip-searching .agents/skills/patsnap-ip-searching && 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 "patsnap-ip-searching" agent skill from https://github.com/patsnap/mcp/tree/main/ip-intelligence/patsnap-ip-searching into .agents/skills/patsnap-ip-searching/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "patsnap-ip-searching", 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 patsnap/mcp --skill patsnap-ip-searching -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install patsnap/mcp patsnap-ip-searching --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/patsnap/mcp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/ip-intelligence/patsnap-ip-searching .cursor/skills/patsnap-ip-searching && 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 "patsnap-ip-searching" agent skill from https://github.com/patsnap/mcp/tree/main/ip-intelligence/patsnap-ip-searching into .cursor/skills/patsnap-ip-searching/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "patsnap-ip-searching", 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/patsnap/mcp.git --path ip-intelligence/patsnap-ip-searching

--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 patsnap/mcp --skill patsnap-ip-searching -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install patsnap/mcp patsnap-ip-searching --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/patsnap/mcp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/ip-intelligence/patsnap-ip-searching .gemini/skills/patsnap-ip-searching && 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 "patsnap-ip-searching" agent skill from https://github.com/patsnap/mcp/tree/main/ip-intelligence/patsnap-ip-searching into .gemini/skills/patsnap-ip-searching/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "patsnap-ip-searching", 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 patsnap/mcp patsnap-ip-searching

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 patsnap/mcp --skill patsnap-ip-searching -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/patsnap/mcp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/ip-intelligence/patsnap-ip-searching .github/skills/patsnap-ip-searching && 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 "patsnap-ip-searching" agent skill from https://github.com/patsnap/mcp/tree/main/ip-intelligence/patsnap-ip-searching into .github/skills/patsnap-ip-searching/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "patsnap-ip-searching", 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 patsnap/mcp --skill patsnap-ip-searching -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 patsnap/mcp patsnap-ip-searching --agent opencode

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/patsnap/mcp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/ip-intelligence/patsnap-ip-searching .opencode/skills/patsnap-ip-searching && 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 "patsnap-ip-searching" agent skill from https://github.com/patsnap/mcp/tree/main/ip-intelligence/patsnap-ip-searching into .opencode/skills/patsnap-ip-searching/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "patsnap-ip-searching", 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: patsnap-ip-searching
GitHub stars: 113
Token cost: ~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length: 424 words
Files: 2
Skills in repo: 32
Repo updated: Aug 20, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

Patsnap Patent Research MCP for AI agents. An agent skill from patsnap/mcp.

Defined novelty and infringement-risk research workflows
SKILL.md covers Setup, Prerequisites, Instructions for AI Agents and Example Workflows, plus 1 more section
Reaches connect.patsnap.com
Including asynchronous task retrieval

What it does

Patsnap Ip Searching is an agent skill from patsnap/mcp. Patsnap Patent Research MCP for AI agents. Performs novelty searches, invention freedom-to-operate reviews, and design-patent FTO reviews from technical text, claims, disclosures, or product images. Use for defined novelty and infringement-risk research workflows, including asynchronous task retrieval; do not use it as a substitute for legal advice.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `README.md`).

It sits in Legal & Compliance, covering Intellectual property and Async programming. It works with Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: MCP server for 200M+ patents, scientific literature, chemistry and pharma records. Search prior art and R&D intelligence powered by PatSnap's proprietary databases via Claude… The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

Defined novelty and infringement-risk research workflows
Including asynchronous task retrieval
Do not use it as a substitute for legal advice

Example prompts

“/patsnap-ip-searching”

Requirements

A credential in YOUR_API_KEY

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7a4b429. 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 json).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
- connect.patsnap.com
Also links to:
- open.patsnap.com
- patsnap.com
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

Patsnap Ip Searching loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 93 tokens; SKILL.md has 424 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~93
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.1k

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 patsnap/mcp at commit 7a4b429, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© patsnap). 424 words, ~1,061 tokens.

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

name: patsnap-ip-searching
description: Patsnap Patent Research MCP for AI agents. Performs novelty searches, invention freedom-to-operate reviews, and design-patent FTO reviews from technical text, claims, disclosures, or product images. Use for defined novelty and infringement-risk research workflows, including asynchronous task retrieval; do not use it as a substitute for legal advice.
homepage: https://open.patsnap.com/marketplace/mcp-servers/patsnap-ip-searching
metadata.author: Patsnap
metadata.category: IP Intelligence
metadata.version: 0.1.0

Setup

Get your API key at https://open.patsnap.com

Patsnap Patent Research

This skill connects your AI agent to Patsnap's Patent Research MCP server.

Prerequisites

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "patsnap_patent_research": {
      "url": "https://connect.patsnap.com/f176d7/mcp?apikey=YOUR_API_KEY",
      "type": "streamableHttp"
    }
  }
}

For the full tool schema, refer to: https://open.patsnap.com/marketplace/mcp-servers/patsnap-ip-searching

Instructions for AI Agents

Choose the correct workflow

Use novelty_search for a technical solution, invention disclosure, or claim-text novelty review. Text is the primary input; images are optional supplements. Optional search channels include semantic, Boolean, paper, and web search.
Use fto_review for invention-patent infringement-risk research based on a product or technical implementation. The required input object uses text as its primary content and can include translated text and images.
Use design_fto for design-patent risk research. Its required input object must contain at least one image; only the first item in input.images is used, and a title is optional.
Use a general patent-search MCP instead when the user needs open-ended discovery, query construction, or retrieval without a novelty or FTO analysis workflow.

Configure search and filters carefully

For fto_review, search.mode supports lite for rapid screening and pro for full analysis. Its search settings can also control candidate-patent count and iterative search rounds. Optional filters support country, apd, legal_status, and assignee; application-date ranges use YYYYMMDD, and assignee filters support not_in.

For design_fto, optional filters support country, apd, legal_status, and loc; loc uses Locarno classifications and application-date ranges use YYYYMMDD.

The analysis tools also accept optional execution settings for asynchronous execution or real-time progress, optional output controls such as normalized result-row limits, and an optional caller-supplied task_id.

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Retrieve asynchronous results

When a tool runs asynchronously, preserve its returned task_id and call get_task. The task_id is required. Use view: overview for the status summary; this is the default. Use view: detail when step and result details are needed. Do not start duplicate analyses merely because a task is still running.

Interpret results responsibly

Preserve the user's technical scope, countries, date window, legal-status assumptions, and other filters in the report. Distinguish retrieved patents and service-generated comparisons from your own interpretation. Novelty and FTO outputs support research and triage; they do not establish patent validity, non-infringement, or a legal opinion. Recommend qualified patent counsel for decisions carrying legal or commercial risk.

Example Workflows

Search the novelty of an invention disclosure and compare its extracted features with candidate patents.
Run a lite FTO screening, then use pro analysis for the highest-risk implementation.
Restrict an invention FTO review by country, application date, legal status, and excluded assignees.
Review a single product image for design-patent risk in specified Locarno classes.

Resources

MCP Server: Patsnap Patent Research
Patsnap Open Platform: open.patsnap.com
Patsnap: https://www.patsnap.com

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in ip-intelligence/patsnap-ip-searching of patsnap/mcp.

SKILL.md
README.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7a4b429

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Questions about Patsnap Ip Searching

What does Patsnap Ip Searching do?

Patsnap Patent Research MCP for AI agents. An agent skill from patsnap/mcp. Patsnap Ip Searching is an agent skill from patsnap/mcp. Patsnap Patent Research MCP for AI agents.

When should I use Patsnap Ip Searching?

Patsnap Ip Searching fits situations like: defined novelty and infringement-risk research workflows; including asynchronous task retrieval; do not use it as a substitute for legal advice.

How do I install Patsnap Ip Searching in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add patsnap/mcp --skill patsnap-ip-searching -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (ip-intelligence/patsnap-ip-searching in patsnap/mcp) into .claude/skills/patsnap-ip-searching in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Patsnap Ip Searching in Codex?

Run `npx skills add patsnap/mcp --skill patsnap-ip-searching -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (ip-intelligence/patsnap-ip-searching in patsnap/mcp) into .agents/skills/patsnap-ip-searching in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Patsnap Ip Searching 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 patsnap/mcp --skill patsnap-ip-searching -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/patsnap-ip-searching, .gemini/skills/patsnap-ip-searching, .github/skills/patsnap-ip-searching and .opencode/skills/patsnap-ip-searching in your project.

What does Patsnap Ip Searching need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Patsnap Ip Searching is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: A credential in YOUR_API_KEY.

Does Patsnap Ip Searching access the network?

SKILL.md names 3 domains. In commands or code: connect.patsnap.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: open.patsnap.com and patsnap.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Patsnap Ip Searching 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 Patsnap Ip Searching use?

Patsnap Ip Searching 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 Patsnap Ip Searching use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.2k 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 Patsnap Ip Searching?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Patsnap Ip Searching: Prior Art Search (illusionaireal/oh-my-patent, 104 stars), Mpep Search (RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator, 196 stars), Patent Draft Agent (ninehills/skills, 280 stars) and Patent Review (AI4Scientist/nano-scientist, 128 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Patsnap Ip Searching?

patsnap (a GitHub organization) maintains it in patsnap/mcp, which has 113 GitHub stars. The repository holds 32 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 20, 2026.

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

Install Patsnap Ip Searching

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

Setup

Patsnap Patent Research

Prerequisites

Instructions for AI Agents

Choose the correct workflow

Configure search and filters carefully

Retrieve asynchronous results

Interpret results responsibly

Example Workflows

Resources

Files

Compare with similar skills

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