How do I install the Search Prior Art Claude Code skill?

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

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.

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Search Prior Art

Category: General · Sub-category: research-misc · Last updated: 2026-05-21

Stand der Technik recherchieren der fuer eine bestimmte Erfindung oder Patentanspruch relevant ist. Umfasst Patentliteratur, Nichtpatentliteratur (wissenschaftliche Arbeiten, Produkte, Open Source), defensive Publikationen und standardessentielle Patente. Anwenden bei der Bewertung ob eine Erfindung vor der Anmeldung neuartig und nicht naheliegend ist, bei der Anfechtung der Gueltigkeit eines bestehenden Patents, zur Unterstuetzung einer Freedom-to-Operate-Analyse, bei der Dokumentation einer defensiven Publikation oder bei der Beantwortung eines Patentamtsbescheids der Neuheit oder Erfindungshoehe in Frage stellt.

From the source SKILL.md

Eine strukturierte Stand-der-Technik-Recherche durchfuehren um Publikationen, Patente, Produkte oder Offenlegungen zu finden die einer bestimmten Erfindung vorausgehen. Verwendet zur Beurteilung der Patentierbarkeit (kann dies patentiert werden?), zur Anfechtung der Gueltigkeit (haette dieses Patent erteilt werden sollen?) oder zur Feststellung der Handlungsfreiheit (decken bestehende Schutzrechte dieses Design ab?).

What this skill does

Search Prior Art is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the research-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/search-prior-art/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Search Prior Art Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 70,000+ 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/search-prior-art
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/search-prior-art/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/search-prior-art/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/search-prior-art/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\search-prior-art\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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Attribution & license

License: MIT

Cite this skill

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

APA

ClaudSkills. (2026). Search Prior Art [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/search-prior-art/

BibTeX

@misc{search-prior-art-2026,
  author    = {ClaudSkills},
  title     = {Search Prior Art [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/search-prior-art/}
}

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