ClaudSkills / Science & Research / biology-medicine

Scientific Literature Search

Quality score: 70/100  ·  Category: Science & Research  ·  Sub-category: biology-medicine
Systematic strategies for searching scientific literature across PubMed, arXiv, Google Scholar, and AI-assisted tools. Covers PICO framework for clinical questions, three-tiered search (database-specific, AI-assisted, content extraction), PubMed field tags and MeSH, boolean query construction, and full-text extraction. Use when planning a literature search or choosing a search tier.

What this skill does

Scientific Literature Search is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the biology-medicine sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/scientific-literature-search/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when planning a literature search or choosing a search tier.

Who uses this skill

The Scientific Literature Search skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/scientific-literature-search
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/scientific-literature-search/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/scientific-literature-search/SKILL.md

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

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

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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