biorxiv-database
Installation
SKILL.md
When to Use
- You need to find recent bioRxiv preprints for a topic (e.g., "CRISPR") within a specific time window (last N days).
- You want to build a literature monitoring pipeline that periodically searches bioRxiv and collects results.
- You need structured preprint metadata (title, abstract, DOI, authors) for downstream analysis or indexing.
- You want to automatically download full-text PDFs for a set of preprints identified by DOI.
- You need a simple CLI tool to quickly query bioRxiv without writing additional code.
Key Features
- Keyword-based search with a configurable lookback window (days).
- Structured metadata retrieval in JSON-like dictionaries (e.g., Title, Abstract, DOI, Authors).
- PDF download by DOI to a local file path.
- Scriptable Python API via
BioRxivSearcher. - Command-line interface for quick searches.