# protocolsio-integration

This skill reads and validates protocols.io data against the official REST contracts, and turns any change into a plan first. Useful when you need a protocol or one exact version.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1900 installs · ★ 54789
- Author: K-Dense-AI
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/protocolsio-integration/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/protocolsio-integration

## What it does

The skill covers protocols.io reads: search and list protocols, fetch one by DOI, pull its steps, export a PDF, and validate saved JSON or pagination offline. Nothing hits the network until you pass `--execute`; without it the client only builds a plan. Reads need Python 3.11+ and usually a bearer token in `PROTOCOLS_IO_ACCESS_TOKEN`. Offline validation and planning run with no credentials at all.

Under the hood are CLI scripts built on the standard library. `scripts/validate_auth_config.py` confirms a token exists without printing it, and `scripts/protocols_read.py` exposes `list`, `get` and `export-pdf`. Endpoint versions are not uniform: listing goes through `/api/v3/protocols`, while a single protocol and its steps use `/api/v4/protocols/[id]`. There is no single `/api/v3` base that fits every resource, so the version comes from the docs for that operation.

Every write — creating, updating, publishing, deleting steps, uploading a file — is drafted as a dry-run plan with a current-state comparison and a permission check before anything else. The scripts never read `.env` files and never scan the environment for secrets. A signed-out PDF fetch exists, but only behind an explicit `--anonymous`; the helper will not fall back to it on its own.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --skill protocolsio-integration -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/protocolsio-integration/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/protocolsio-integration/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --skill protocolsio-integration -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/protocolsio-integration/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --skill protocolsio-integration -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/protocolsio-integration/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills protocolsio-integration
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/protocolsio-integration/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --skill protocolsio-integration -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --path skills/protocolsio-integration
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/protocolsio-integration/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --skill protocolsio-integration -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/protocolsio-integration/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- export a protocols.io protocol to PDF from its DOI
- validate a saved protocol JSON before feeding it downstream
- check which endpoint version to call for protocol steps
- draft a protocol edit plan without touching the live record
- confirm the access token is configured without exposing its value

## Example prompts
- Find protocols.io entries for "single cell RNA" and show the first ten
- Export the PDF for `protocol-uri/v2` to `protocol.pdf`
- Draft a plan for updating the steps of this protocol, send nothing

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: protocolsio-integration
description: Reads, validates, and safely exports protocols.io data with current official REST/MCP contracts, or creates non-executing mutation plans. The bundled client makes bounded official-host GET requests only with explicit --execute. Use only for tasks explicitly targeting protocols.io or an exact protocols.io protocol version.
license: MIT
allowed-tools: Read Write Python
compatibility: >-
  Bundled CLIs require Python 3.11+ and use only the standard library. Offline
  validation and planning need no credentials or network. REST reads require
  HTTPS access to official protocols.io hosts and usually a named bearer token;
  network access is disabled unless --execute is supplied. The scripts never
  load .env files or execute mutations.
metadata:
  version: "1.4"
  last-reviewed: "2026-09-30"
  skill-author: "K-Dense Inc."
  openclaw:
    primaryEnv: PROTOCOLS_IO_ACCESS_TOKEN
    envVars:
      - name: PROTOCOLS_IO_ACCESS_TOKEN
        required: false
        description: Bearer token for authenticated protocols.io REST reads.
---

# protocols.io Integration

Use the exact endpoint version documented for each operation. The official API
landing page is still titled “API v3,” but its maintained sections mix **v3**
and **v4**. There is no single safe `/api/v3` base to apply to every resource.
The REST contracts were reviewed against the live official reference on
**2026-09-30**, with official MCP/help pages checked through rendered extraction.
Examples use illustrative identifiers and are tested
offline or with mocked transport, not an authenticated account.

## Operating Contract

1. **Start offline.** Validate credentials/configuration, saved JSON, pagination,
   or a write plan before making a request.
2. **Require `--execute` for network reads.** Bundled write tooling has no
   execution mode.
3. **Read only named variables.** Never inspect the full environment, search
   for `.env` files, traverse parent directories, or accept a token/secret in a
   command argument, request file, log, traceback, or output.
```
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