literature-search-biorxiv

What problem does it solve?

Manually searching bioRxiv and medRxiv metadata is slow and inconsistent, especially when you need a narrow, date-bounded set of preprints for downstream review or synthesis.

Core Features & Use Cases

• DOI lookup: Fetch complete JSON metadata for a single paper when you already have its DOI.
• Date-range browsing with guardrails: Browse preprints within an explicit start/end date window and optionally narrow by server (bioRxiv vs medRxiv), category, keywords, and author.
• Local filtering for accuracy and compliance: Applies keyword/author filtering locally after downloading date-range metadata, with strong guidance to keep ranges narrow to avoid timeouts.
• Context control: Strips abstracts by default to reduce output size, with an option to include abstracts when needed.
• Use case: Build a curated set of preprints (e.g., “infectious_diseases” from a 2-week window) and export the filtered JSON list for analysis.

Quick Start

Use the literature-search-biorxiv skill to fetch metadata for a known DOI by asking it to run a DOI lookup and return the resulting JSON.