Openfda

Skill BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills/skills/drugclaw/openfda

Query FDA drug labeling data via openFDA. Use whenever the user asks about drug prescribing information — indications, warnings, dosage, adverse reactions, contraindications, or administration routes. Supports single or batch lookup by brand/generic name or by indication/condition.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill openfda

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SKILL.md

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openFDA Human Drug Skill

Query structured SPL (Structured Product Labeling) data from the FDA. No API key needed (≤1 000 req/day).

Input → Detection

Input Example	Routed To
`"ASPIRIN"` or `["METFORMIN","LISINOPRIL"]`	`search_drug` — brand/generic name lookup
`"hypertension"` or `["diabetes","migraine"]`	`search_by_indication` — indication text search
(no input)	`count_by_route` — top administration routes

All search functions accept a single string or a list of strings.

API

Function	Input	Returns
`search_drug(query, limit)`	str \| list[str], int	`{term: [label_dicts]}`
`search_by_indication(query, limit)`	str \| list[str], int	`{condition: [label_dicts]}`
`count_by_route(top_n)`	int	`[{term, count}]`
`summarize(results)`	dict from above	compact multi-line text

Each label_dict contains: brand_name, generic_name, manufacturer, route, substance_name, product_type, indications, contraindications, warnings, dosage, adverse_reactions.

Usage

See if __name__ == "__main__" block in 05_openFDA_Human_Drug.py for runnable examples covering: single drug, batch drugs, single indication, batch indications, route counts, and raw JSON output.

Notes

Long text fields (indications, warnings, etc.) are truncated to keep payloads concise.
On HTTP/query errors the result dict contains an error key for that term.
Endpoint: https://api.fda.gov/drug/label.json

What ships with it: 5 files

15.2 KB alongside SKILL.md, 4 of them executable

example.pyruns5.1 KB
__init__.pyruns134 B
openfda_skill.pyruns8.4 KB
README.md972 B
retrieve.pyruns694 B