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literature-explorer

Search PubMed and Europe PMC for open-access literature and generate HTML reports.

1|1|Updated Oct 28, 2025
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/gqy20/cc_plugins --skill literature-explorer
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: literature-explorer
Source: https://github.com/gqy20/cc_plugins/tree/main/.claude/skills/literature-explorer
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/gqy20/cc_plugins --skill literature-explorer

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill requires requests, and includes scripts (resource) and references (resource) and assets (resource) components.

What problem does it solve?

This Skill enables researchers to systematically locate open-access life science literature from PubMed and Europe PMC, aggregate results, and generate a polished HTML report with downloadable PDFs.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Dual-source search (PubMed and Europe PMC) and parallel querying to maximize coverage.
  • PMC filtering with 100% downloadable PDFs and mixed PMCID/PMID/DOI support for bulk extraction.
  • HTML report generation with categorized results, interactive elements, and multiple visual themes.

Quick Start

Use literature-explorer to search for a topic like "cancer immunotherapy" and generate a visualization-ready HTML report, with links.json, pdf_links.txt, and literature_report.html as outputs.

Frequently Asked Questions about literature-explorer

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I search PubMed and Europe PMC for open-access life science literature?▼

To search open-access literature, this Skill queries PubMed and Europe PMC in parallel using advanced MeSH terms. It aggregates the results and generates a visual HTML report with downloadable PDFs.

Can I filter Europe PMC results to ensure 100% downloadable PDFs?▼

Yes, this Skill applies PMC filtering to ensure 100% downloadable PDFs. It outputs a pdf_links.txt file containing direct download links for all aggregated open-access records.

How do I extract life science papers in bulk using PMCID, PMID, or DOI?▼

This Skill supports mixed extraction by PMCID, PMID, and DOI for bulk literature retrieval. You input multiple identifiers to fetch targeted open-access papers and generate a structured links.json file.

How do I generate an HTML report from aggregated PubMed search results?▼

This Skill generates a literature_report.html file from aggregated PubMed search results. It produces a visual HTML report with categorized results, interactive elements, and multiple visual themes.

Does this literature discovery tool require Python and the requests library?▼

Yes, this Skill requires Python and the requests library to execute API access. It retrieves open-access literature from PubMed and Europe PMC to produce visualization-ready outputs.

What is the best way to visualize life science literature data from multiple queries?▼

The best way to visualize life science literature is to use this Skill to execute multi-query searches and generate an HTML report. It produces categorized results and interactive elements to visualize aggregated findings.

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