medical-research — Claude Code skill: what it does, how to install
Search PubMed papers and turn their findings into plain-language research summaries. Use it to explore studies on diseases, treatments, or clinical trials.
npx skills add gexijin/vibe --skill medical-research -a claude-codeWhat medical-research does
Give the skill a research topic in everyday language. It can ask for a narrower subject or clarification, then runs pubmed_search.py to retrieve PubMed papers and synthesize their findings, limitations, and possible clinical relevance. The default search returns 10 recent papers; you can change the result count through max_results in the script.
The summary explains medical terms for readers without a research background and identifies questions the papers leave open. It is saved as a Markdown file in the current working directory, named Research_Summary_{Topic}_{YYYY-MM-DD}.md. The search command uses python3. The resulting document is for education, not medical advice.
What it helps with
- find recent papers on a disease or treatment
- explain clinical study findings in plain language
- compare research themes and unresolved questions
- save a medical literature review as Markdown
Example prompts for the agent
- Review recent studies on migraine treatment and explain their findings in plain language.
- Summarize research on diabetes clinical trials and save the review as a Markdown file.
- Explore melanoma immunotherapy papers, including their findings and remaining research questions.
How to install medical-research
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add gexijin/vibe --skill medical-research -a claude-code2Manually: put the files in place
~/.claude/skills/medical-research/SKILL.mdCopy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/medical-research/
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add gexijin/vibe --skill medical-research -a codex2Manually: put the files in place
.agents/skills/medical-research/SKILL.mdFor all projects use ~/.agents/skills/
1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add gexijin/vibe --skill medical-research -a cursor2Manually: put the files in place
.cursor/skills/medical-research/SKILL.mdCursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/
1GitHub CLI
gh skill install gexijin/vibe medical-research2Manually: put the files in place
.github/skills/medical-research/SKILL.md1Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add gexijin/vibe --skill medical-research -a gemini-cli2Platform CLI
gemini skills install https://github.com/gexijin/vibe --path .claude/skills/medical-researchManually: put the files in place
.devin/skills/medical-research/SKILL.mdThe legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works
Skills CLI (Vercel)
npx skills add gexijin/vibe --skill medical-research -a opencodeClaude.ai
Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills
Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways
Questions about medical-research
How do I install medical-research in Claude Code?
Run npx skills add gexijin/vibe --skill medical-research -a claude-code. The skill file is at ~/.claude/skills/medical-research/SKILL.md.
What does medical-research do?
It searches PubMed for scientific papers and produces accessible summaries. The review covers research findings, limitations, and potential relevance to treatment.
What does medical-research need to search papers?
It runs pubmed_search.py with python3 to retrieve articles from PubMed. The default search returns 10 recent papers.
