biorxiv-database

Installation
SKILL.md

Source: https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills

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.

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