Literature search
Search academic literature (Semantic Scholar) for synbio/microbiology papers, returning a ranked, citable list to feed into paper-extractor.From its SKILL.md
npx -y skills add yojiro253-del/BioForge --skill literature-searchAssembled from the repository path, not quoted from the project. Check it against their README if it does not work.
3 things to look at
- reads credentialsReads from 1 credential source: `~/keys.md`.
- 1 stars1 stars. Stars are a popularity signal and not a quality one, but at this level it is likely that nobody has read this closely except its author, and you would be relying on your own review.
- runs commandsInstructs the agent to run 2 commands, including `python scripts/search_papers.py "<topic>" --limit 10` and 1 more.
SKILL.md
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Skill: literature-search
When to use this
When the user wants to find papers on a topic before reading them:
- "Find recent papers on dispersin B and biofilms."
- "Get me sources for my iGEM lit review on antimicrobial surfaces."
What you produce
A ranked, citable list of papers (title, authors, year, citations, link, abstract snippet) to cite or hand to the paper-extractor skill.
How to run it
python scripts/search_papers.py "<topic>" --limit 10
python scripts/search_papers.py "<topic>" --json
No API key needed. For higher rate limits, add a free Semantic Scholar key to ~/keys.md as: S2_API_Key: <key>
Related Skills
- Downstream: paper-extractor (feed a chosen paper in to pull organisms, genes, methods).
Safety
Search and summarize published research only. See SAFETY.md at the repo root.
What ships with it: 1 file
2.9 KB alongside SKILL.md, 1 of them executable
scripts/
- search_papers.pyruns2.9 KB