ClaudSkills / Science & Research / biology-medicine

Database Lookup

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Database Lookup skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Database Lookup is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Science & Research category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Science & Research · Sub-category: biology-medicine · Last updated: 2026-05-21

Search 78 public scientific, biomedical, materials science, and economic databases via REST APIs. Covers physics/astronomy (NASA, NIST, SDSS, SIMBAD), earth/environment (USGS, NOAA, EPA), chemistry/drugs (PubChem, ChEMBL, DrugBank, FDA, KEGG, ZINC, BindingDB), materials (Materials Project, COD), biology/genomics (Reactome, UniProt, STRING, Ensembl, NCBI Gene, GEO, GTEx, PDB, AlphaFold, InterPro, BioGRID, Gene Ontology, dbSNP, gnomAD, ENCODE, Human Protein Atlas, Human Cell Atlas), disease/clinical (COSMIC, Open Targets, ClinicalTrials.gov, OMIM, ClinVar, GDC/TCGA, cBioPortal, DisGeNET, GWAS Catalog), regulatory (FDA, USPTO, SEC EDGAR), economics/finance (FRED, World Bank, US Treasury), demographics (US Census, Eurostat, WHO). Use when looking up compounds, genes, proteins, pathways, variants, clinical trials, patents, economic indicators, or any public database API query.

About this skill (catalog notes)

Database Lookup includes pricing or quota commentary; at least one code block. At roughly 4,256 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

Original author: K-Dense-AI
Indexed lastmod: 2026-05-21
Catalog position: Science & Research · biology-medicine
Indexed related skills: 10

How Database Lookup fits the catalog

Database Lookup sits in the Science & Research category under the biology-medicine sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

You have access to 78 public databases through their REST APIs. Your job is to figure out which database(s) are relevant to the user's question, query them, and return the raw JSON results along with which databases you used.

What this skill does

Database Lookup is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the biology-medicine sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/database-lookup/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when looking up compounds, genes, proteins, pathways, variants, clinical trials, patents, economic indicators, or any public database API query.

Who uses this skill

The Database Lookup Claude Code skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 116,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/database-lookup
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/database-lookup/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/database-lookup/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/database-lookup/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/database-lookup/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\database-lookup\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Database Lookup Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/database-lookup/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Database Lookup skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Database Lookup skill?

Use Database Lookup when your Claude Code task falls under the Science & Research category — specifically in the biology medicine area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Database Lookup" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/science/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Database Lookup skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Database Lookup is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Science & Research category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/blob/HEAD/scientific-skills/database-lookup/SKILL.md
Author: K-Dense-AI

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

K-Dense-AI. (2026). Database Lookup [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/database-lookup/

BibTeX

@misc{database-lookup-2026,
  author    = {K-Dense-AI},
  title     = {Database Lookup [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/database-lookup/}
}

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