Agent skill

Mpep Search

by RobThePCGuy in RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator

Expert system for searching USPTO MPEP, 35 USC statutes, 37 CFR regulations, and post-Jan 2024 updates.

Install Mpep Search

skills CLI

$ npx skills add RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator --skill mpep-search -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator mpep-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/RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/mpep-search .claude/skills/mpep-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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "mpep-search" agent skill from https://github.com/RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator/tree/main/skills/mpep-search into .claude/skills/mpep-search/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "mpep-search", 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/RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator/tree/main/skills/mpep-search

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 RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator --skill mpep-search -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator mpep-search --agent codex

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

Manual copy

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

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator mpep-search --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

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

--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 RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator --skill mpep-search -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

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

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 RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator --skill mpep-search -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

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

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/mpep-search .opencode/skills/mpep-search && 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 "mpep-search" agent skill from https://github.com/RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator/tree/main/skills/mpep-search into .opencode/skills/mpep-search/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "mpep-search", 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: mpep-search
GitHub stars: 196
Token cost: ~978 tokens
SKILL.md length: 255 words
Files: 2
Skills in repo: 17
Repo updated: Oct 6, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Expert system for searching USPTO MPEP, 35 USC statutes, 37 CFR regulations, and post-Jan 2024 updates.

Works in 2 steps: search_mpep → get_mpep_section
Tasks that involve Legal research
SKILL.md covers Core Operations, Input Validation and Implementation Notes
Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Mpep Search is an agent skill from RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator. Expert system for searching USPTO MPEP, 35 USC statutes, 37 CFR regulations, and post-Jan 2024 updates.

Its SKILL.md is about 980 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `mpep_search.py`).

It sits in Legal & Compliance, covering Legal research, Intellectual property and Vector databases. It works with Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: USPTO patent creation system with MCP server + Claude Code plugin. Hybrid RAG search over MPEP/USC/CFR, BigQuery access to 76M+ patents, automated 35 USC 112 compliance checks… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve Legal research
Tasks that involve Intellectual property
Tasks that involve Vector databases

Example prompts

“/mpep-search”

Requirements

Python 3

Workflow steps

2 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

search_mpep
get_mpep_section

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a089731. 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 script files (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

Mpep Search loads about 978 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 29 tokens; SKILL.md has 255 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~29
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~978

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 RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator at commit a089731, republished under its MIT licence (© RobThePCGuy). 255 words, ~978 tokens.

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

name: mpep-search
description: Expert system for searching USPTO MPEP, 35 USC statutes, 37 CFR regulations, and post-Jan 2024 updates.

MPEP Search Skill

Search MPEP corpus through hybrid RAG (FAISS vector + BM25 keyword + HyDE + cross-encoder reranking).

Sources:

MPEP: Manual of Patent Examining Procedure
35 USC: United States Code Title 35
37 CFR: Code of Federal Regulations Title 37
Subsequent Publications: Federal Register updates (post-Jan 2024)

Core Operations

1. `search_mpep`

Inputs:

query (string, required): Search query (minimum 3 characters)
top_k (int, optional): Number of results (default: 5, max: 20)
retrieve_k (int | None, optional): Candidates before reranking (default: top_k * 4, max: 100)
source_filter (string | None, optional): Filter by source ("MPEP", "35_USC", "37_CFR", "SUBSEQUENT", or None)
is_statute (bool | None, optional): Filter for statute content
is_regulation (bool | None, optional): Filter for regulation content
is_update (bool | None, optional): Filter for recent updates

Outputs:

python

{
    "rank": int,
    "source": str,
    "section": str,
    "file": str,
    "page": int,
    "has_statute": bool,
    "has_mpep_ref": bool,
    "has_rule_ref": bool,
    "is_statute": bool,
    "is_regulation": bool,
    "is_update": bool,
    "relevance_score": float,
    "text": str,
    # Optional for SUBSEQUENT:
    "doc_type": str,
    "fr_citation": str,
    "effective_date": str
}

Examples:

python

# Basic search
search_mpep("enablement requirement 35 USC 112", top_k=5)

# Search only statutes
search_mpep("written description", top_k=10, is_statute=True)

# Search recent updates
search_mpep("AI inventorship", is_update=True)

# Filter by source
search_mpep("fee schedule", source_filter="37_CFR")

2. `get_mpep_section`

Retrieve all content from specific MPEP section.

Inputs:

section_number (string, required): MPEP section number (e.g., "2100", "608.01")
max_chunks (int, optional): Maximum chunks to return (default: 50)

Outputs:

python

{
    "section": str,
    "total_chunks": int,
    "chunks": [
        {
            "text": str,
            "metadata": {
                "source": str,
                "file": str,
                "page": int,
                "section": str,
                "has_statute": bool,
                "has_mpep_ref": bool,
                "has_rule_ref": bool,
                "is_statute": bool,
                "is_regulation": bool,
                "is_update": bool
            }
        }
    ]
}

Error Response:

python

{"error": "No content found for MPEP section {section_number}"}

Examples:

python

# Get MPEP 2100 (Patentability)
get_mpep_section("2100", max_chunks=50)

# Get subsection
get_mpep_section("608.01")

Input Validation

Query validation:

Minimum 3 characters
Case-insensitive
No empty/whitespace-only queries

Section number validation:

Numeric with optional decimal (e.g., "100", "2100", "608.01")

Limits:

top_k capped at 20
retrieve_k capped at 100

Implementation Notes

Index Location:

FAISS index: mcp_server/index/mpep_index.faiss
Metadata: mcp_server/index/mpep_metadata.json
BM25 index: mcp_server/index/mpep_bm25.json

Search Architecture:

HyDE Query Expansion (hypothetical documents)
Hybrid Retrieval (FAISS vector + BM25 keyword via RRF)
Cross-Encoder Reranking (final relevance scores)
Metadata Filtering (source/type filters)

Dependencies:

sentence-transformers (BGE-base-en-v1.5)
FAISS (vector search)
rank-bm25 (keyword search)
Cross-encoder (reranking)
HyDE (optional, graceful degradation)

Error Handling:

Clear error messages for missing index/invalid queries
Graceful degradation if HyDE fails
Input validation before processing

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/mpep-search of RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator.

SKILL.md
mpep_search.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a089731

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Questions about Mpep Search

What does Mpep Search do?

Expert system for searching USPTO MPEP, 35 USC statutes, 37 CFR regulations, and post-Jan 2024 updates. Mpep Search is an agent skill from RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator. Expert system for searching USPTO MPEP, 35 USC statutes, 37 CFR regulations, and post-Jan 2024 updates.

When should I use Mpep Search?

Mpep Search fits situations like: tasks that involve Legal research; tasks that involve Intellectual property; tasks that involve Vector databases.

How do I install Mpep Search in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Mpep Search in Codex?

Run `npx skills add RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator --skill mpep-search -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/mpep-search in RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator) into .agents/skills/mpep-search in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Mpep 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 RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator --skill mpep-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/mpep-search, .gemini/skills/mpep-search, .github/skills/mpep-search and .opencode/skills/mpep-search in your project.

What does Mpep Search need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Mpep Search needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Mpep 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 Mpep 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 Mpep Search use?

Mpep Search 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 Mpep Search use?

About 978 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.9k 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 Mpep Search?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Mpep Search: Find Law Firm (jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, 2.8k stars), Sealeap Hundun Amazon Brand Adjacent Keyword Ip Risk (xjli360/sealeap-amazon-skills, 247 stars), Tw Legal RAG (aa0101181514/tw-legal-rag, 328 stars) and Patsnap Ip Searching (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 Mpep Search?

RobThePCGuy (a GitHub user) maintains it in RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator, which has 196 GitHub stars. The repository holds 17 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: RobThePCGuy/Claude-Patent-Creator on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Mpep Search

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

MPEP Search Skill

Core Operations

1. search_mpep

2. get_mpep_section

Input Validation

Implementation Notes

Files

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Related

Questions about Mpep Search

1. `search_mpep`

2. `get_mpep_section`