bioRxiv Search

Search bioRxiv through its official API for recent-preprint discovery, date-range scans, DOI lookups, author shortlisting, and local keyword filtering over title, abstract, and author metadata.

Instructions

1. Prefer this skill when the request is about bioRxiv-native preprints, recent biology submissions, or preprint metadata that may lag in PubMed, PMC, or Crossref.
2. Use the bundled CLI:
   • In this repository: skills/biorxiv-search/scripts/search
   • After installation: ~/.agents/skills/biorxiv-search/scripts/search
3. The official bioRxiv API does not provide a general server-side keyword search endpoint.
   • Use the CLI to fetch metadata from a bounded recent window or explicit date range, then filter locally.
4. When keywords are provided, search title, abstract, and authors by default.
   • If the user wants abstract-only matching, pass --fields abstract.
5. Keep the search window bounded.
   • Use --days N for recent scans or --start-date YYYY-MM-DD --end-date YYYY-MM-DD for explicit intervals.
   • If you omit the interval, the CLI defaults to the most recent 30 days.
   • The CLI converts --days N into an explicit date range before calling the API so pagination stays predictable.
6. Use --category <name> when the topic should stay narrow.