Community Skills

Community-built skills for AI coding agents powered by Valyu

Overview

The Valyu community has built powerful skills that extend AI coding agents with specialized capabilities. These community-maintained integrations provide domain-specific search and research functionality.

Scientific Skills

Repository: yorkeccak/scientific-skills

Natural language scientific literature search with semantic search over PubMed, arXiv, ChEMBL, DrugBank, bioRxiv, medRxiv, clinical trials, and more.

Why Scientific Skills Are Powerful

• No API Parameter Parsing: Pass natural language queries directly - no complex search syntax required
• Semantic Search: Understands meaning and context, not just keyword matching
• Full-Text Access: Returns complete article content, not just abstracts
• Image Links: Includes figures and images from papers
• Comprehensive Coverage: Access to all scientific literature across multiple databases

Supported Agents

• Antigravity
• Claude Code
• Clawdbot
• Codex
• Cursor
• Droid
• Gemini CLI
• GitHub Copilot
• Goose
• Kilo Code
• Kiro CLI
• OpenCode
• Roo Code
• Trae
• Windsurf

Available Skills

Individual Data Sources (10 skills)

Skill	Data Source	Coverage
pubmed-search	PubMed	Biomedical and life sciences literature
arxiv-search	arXiv	Physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology preprints
biorxiv-search	bioRxiv	Biology preprints
medrxiv-search	medRxiv	Medical and health sciences preprints
chembl-search	ChEMBL	Bioactive molecules with drug-like properties
drugbank-search	DrugBank	Comprehensive drug and drug target database
clinical-trials-search	ClinicalTrials.gov	Clinical trials registry
drug-labels-search	FDA Drug Labels	Official FDA drug information
open-targets-search	Open Targets	Drug targets and disease associations
patents-search	Patent Databases	Global patent filings

Aggregated Skills (3 skills)

Skill	Combined Sources	Best For
literature-search	PubMed + arXiv + bioRxiv + medRxiv	General scientific literature review
biomedical-search	PubMed + bioRxiv + medRxiv + ClinicalTrials + Drug Labels	Medical and clinical research
drug-discovery-search	ChEMBL + DrugBank + Drug Labels + Open Targets	Drug discovery and development

Installation

Via skills.sh (Recommended)

npx skills i yorkeccak/scientific-skills

Or browse individual skills at skills.sh - search for “yorkeccak”

Example: skills.sh/yorkeccak/scientific-skills/biomedical-search

Via Claude Plugin

/plugin install yorkeccak/scientific-skills

Manual Installation

# Clone the repository
cd ~/dev
git clone https://github.com/yorkeccak/scientific-skills.git

# Add as a local plugin
/plugin add ~/dev/scientific-skills

Setup

Get your API key from platform.valyu.ai with $10 free credits.

First Use (Automatic)

Just start using any skill - Claude will automatically detect that no API key is configured, ask for your key, save it, and run your search.

Manual Setup (Optional)

macOS/Linux (Zsh)

echo 'export VALYU_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

macOS/Linux (Bash)

echo 'export VALYU_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Windows

[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("VALYU_API_KEY", "your-api-key-here", "User")

Config File

mkdir -p ~/.valyu
echo '{"apiKey": "your-api-key-here"}' > ~/.valyu/config.json

Usage Examples

Literature Review

Search across all scientific literature:

Search PubMed for CRISPR advances in 2024

Drug Discovery

Find compounds and targets:

Find kinase inhibitors for melanoma using drug discovery search

Clinical Research

Find trials and patient outcomes:

Search biomedical sources for checkpoint inhibitor combinations trials

Patent Research

Search for prior art:

Search patents for CRISPR delivery methods

Output Format

All skills return consistent JSON output:

{
  "success": true,
  "type": "pubmed_search",
  "query": "your query",
  "result_count": 10,
  "results": [
    {
      "title": "Article Title",
      "url": "https://...",
      "content": "Full article text with figures...",
      "source": "pubmed",
      "relevance_score": 0.95,
      "images": ["https://example.com/figure1.jpg"]
    }
  ],
  "cost": 0.025
}

Processing Results

With jq

# Get article titles
jq -r '.results[].title'

# Get URLs
jq -r '.results[].url'

# Extract content
jq -r '.results[].content'

# Filter by relevance score
jq '.results[] | select(.relevance_score > 0.9)'

Comparison to Traditional Search

Feature	Traditional Search	Scientific Skills
Query Format	Complex syntax, Boolean operators	Natural language
Search Type	Keyword matching	Semantic understanding
Content Returned	Abstracts, metadata	Full-text with images
API Complexity	High - learn each API	Zero - same interface
Setup Time	Hours per database	Minutes for all
Multiple Sources	Write separate integrations	Single unified approach

Contributing Your Skills

Have you built Valyu-powered skills that others would find useful? We’d love to feature them here.

Requirements:

• Open source (MIT, Apache, or similar license)
• Clear documentation with examples
• Maintained and actively supported
• Uses Valyu APIs for core functionality

Submit your integration via GitHub or reach out on Discord.

Additional Resources

Scientific Skills Repository

View source code and documentation

Skills.sh Marketplace

Browse and install individual skills

Official Valyu Skills

See official Valyu agent skills

Join Discord

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