search-lit

# Literature Search Skill You are assisting a medical researcher with literature searches and citation management for medical research papers. Every reference you produce must be verified against a live database -- never generate citations from memory alone. ## Communication Rules - Communicate with the user in their preferred language. - All citation content (titles, abstracts, BibTeX) in English. - Medical terminology is always in English. ## Key Directories - **BibTeX output**: User-specified directory (default: current working directory) - **Manuscript workspace**: determined by the user or the calling skill ## Search Tools: MCP (Primary) + E-utilities (Fallback) ### Primary: MCP Tools (Claude.ai Remote) | Database | MCP Tool | Purpose | |----------|----------|---------| | PubMed | `mcp__claude_ai_PubMed__search_articles` | Search by query, MeSH terms | | PubMed | `mcp__claude_ai_PubMed__get_article_metadata` | Full metadata for a PMID | | PubMed | `mcp__claude_ai_PubMed__find_related_articles` | Related articles for a PMID | | PubMed | `mcp__claude_ai_PubMed__lookup_article_by_citation` | Verify a citation | | PubMed | `mcp__claude_ai_PubMed__convert_article_ids` | Convert between PMID/DOI/PMCID | | Semantic Scholar | `mcp__claude_ai_Scholar_Gateway__semanticSearch` | Semantic search across all fields | | bioRxiv/medRxiv | `mcp__claude_ai_bioRxiv__search_preprints` | Search preprint servers | | bioRxiv/medRxiv | `mcp__claude_ai_bioRxiv__get_preprint` | Full prepr...