search-lit SKILL.md skillA
search-lit from aperivue/medsci-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add aperivue/medsci-skills/search-lit@git:20261002.8c36706Pins git:20261002.8c36706 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- aperivue/medsci-skills
- Path
skills/search-lit/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 10
- Latest version
- git:20261002.8c36706, committed Oct 2, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 7, 2026
- Size
- 18,933 bytes
- Repository stars
- 366
- License
- MIT
Use when finding papers or building a reference list. Searches PubMed, Semantic Scholar and bioRxiv/medRxiv, includes only references verified through an API, and generates BibTeX. Auditing an existing reference list is /verify-refs.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Literature Search Skill
Every reference you produce must come from a live database result — never generate a citation from
memory alone, because a recalled citation can look real and not exist.
## Search Tools: MCP (Primary) + E-utilities (Fallback)
### Primary: MCP Tools (Claude.ai Remote)
| Database | MCP Tool | Purpose |
|----------|----------|---------|
| PubMed | `mcp__claude_ai_PubMed__search_articles` | Search by query, MeSH terms |
| PubMed | `mcp__claude_ai_PubMed__get_article_metadata` | Full metadata for a PMID |
| PubMed | `mcp__claude_ai_PubMed__find_related_articles` | Related articles for a PMID |
| PubMed | `mcp__claude_ai_PubMed__lookup_article_by_citation` | Verify a citation |
| PubMed | `mcp__claude_ai_PubMed__convert_article_ids` | Convert between PMID/DOI/PMCID |
| Semantic Scholar | `mcp__claude_ai_Scholar_Gateway__semanticSearch` | Semantic search across all fields |
| bioRxiv/medRxiv | `mcp__claude_ai_bioRxiv__search_preprints` | Search preprint servers |
| bioRxiv/medRxiv | `mcp__claude_ai_bioRxiv__get_preprint` | Full preprint metadata |
| CrossRef | WebFetch with `https://api.crossref.org/works/{DOI}` | DOI verification |
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add aperivue/medsci-skills/search-lit@sha256:d3ea8542a0b49d89The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261002.8c36706, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_nfaaxn5rhezphthj)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 10 versions of this file, between Jun 7, 2026 and Oct 2, 2026, about one every 13 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261002.8c36706 latest | 2026-10-02 | 8c36706 | 18,933 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260930.c8ed96c | 2026-09-30 | c8ed96c | 18,001 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260930.30387c2 | 2026-09-30 | 30387c2 | 18,013 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260930.c83ad00 | 2026-09-30 | c83ad00 | 18,052 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260929.2b7013d | 2026-09-29 | 2b7013d | 24,905 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260905.2b85709 | 2026-09-05 | 2b85709 | 24,942 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260814.4ebb6ea | 2026-08-14 | 4ebb6ea | 24,427 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260629.2a1f758 | 2026-06-29 | 2a1f758 | 20,281 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260614.df2fc89 | 2026-06-14 | df2fc89 | 21,637 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260607.31e643f | 2026-06-07 | 31e643f | 19,575 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (18933 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
aperivue/medsci-skills · 366 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_nfaaxn5rhezphthj GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=aperivue/medsci-skills/search-lit GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d3ea8542a0b49d899e25b1e0629745e9a6efa7c1c719011a26897ada7a733e8b
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.