# tooluniverse-pharmacovigilance

Performs systematic drug safety and adverse event analysis using FAERS, FDA warnings, and SIDER data. Computes disproportionality metrics via Python.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 420 installs · ★ 1759
- Author: mims-harvard
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/mims-harvard/ToolUniverse/tree/HEAD/skills/tooluniverse-pharmacovigilance/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/tooluniverse-pharmacovigilance

## What it does

This skill evaluates drug safety signals by executing Python scripts in Bash instead of outputting static estimates. It pulls adverse event records from FAERS and checks FDA black-box warnings. Numerical computations use libraries like `pandas` and `scipy`.

Workflow starts with generating a report file immediately, updating it as evidence accumulates. The skill applies the Naranjo causality algorithm, inspects dechallenge and rechallenge records, and quantifies reporting disproportionality with PRR and ROR scores. Pharmacogenomic interactions are cross-referenced through PharmGKB.

Tool queries accept drug names exclusively in English. Entering non-English names causes queries to return empty results. Be sure to use International Nonproprietary Names during execution.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mims-harvard/ToolUniverse --skill tooluniverse-pharmacovigilance -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mims-harvard/ToolUniverse --skill tooluniverse-pharmacovigilance -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mims-harvard/ToolUniverse --skill tooluniverse-pharmacovigilance -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install mims-harvard/ToolUniverse tooluniverse-pharmacovigilance
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mims-harvard/ToolUniverse --skill tooluniverse-pharmacovigilance -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/mims-harvard/ToolUniverse --path skills/tooluniverse-pharmacovigilance
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mims-harvard/ToolUniverse --skill tooluniverse-pharmacovigilance -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/mims-harvard/ToolUniverse/tree/HEAD/skills/tooluniverse-pharmacovigilance/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- compute PRR and ROR disproportionality metrics from FAERS records
- inspect FDA black-box warnings and label revisions for a target compound
- evaluate causality using the Naranjo algorithm and rechallenge data
- categorize adverse reactions into on-target or idiosyncratic types

## Example prompts
- Run a pharmacovigilance safety analysis for metformin
- Calculate PRR and ROR for lisinopril and cough in the FAERS database
- Compare the safety profiles of atorvastatin versus rosuvastatin

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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name: tooluniverse-pharmacovigilance
description: Drug safety and adverse event analysis — FAERS spontaneous-report mining, FDA black-box warnings, signal detection (PRR, ROR, IC), risk factors by demographic/comorbidity, label change tracking, and SIDER curated label-derived side-effect frequencies. Use for post-market safety surveillance, AE signal investigation, drug-AE association strength scoring, "what side effects does drug X have" questions, and pharmacovigilance reports.
disable-model-invocation: true
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## COMPUTE, DON'T DESCRIBE
When analysis requires computation (statistics, data processing, scoring, enrichment), write and run Python code via Bash. Don't describe what you would do — execute it and report actual results. Use ToolUniverse tools to retrieve data, then Python (pandas, scipy, statsmodels, matplotlib) to analyze it.

# Pharmacovigilance Safety Analyzer

Systematic drug safety analysis using FAERS adverse event data, FDA labeling, PharmGKB pharmacogenomics, and clinical trial safety signals.

**KEY PRINCIPLES**:
1. **Report-first approach** - Create report file FIRST, update progressively
2. **Signal quantification** - Use disproportionality measures (PRR, ROR)
3. **Severity stratification** - Prioritize serious/fatal events
4. **Multi-source triangulation** - FAERS, labels, trials, literature
5. **Pharmacogenomic context** - Include genetic risk factors
6. **Actionable output** - Risk-benefit summary with recommendations
7. **English-first queries** - Always use English drug names in tool calls

---

## When to Use

Apply when user asks:
- "What are the safety concerns for [drug]?"
- "What adverse events are associated with [drug]?"
- "Is [drug] safe? What are the risks?"
- "Compare safety profiles of [drug A] vs [drug B]"
- "Pharmacovigilance analysis for [drug]"

---

## Clinical Reasoning Framework

### Reasoning Strategy 1: On-Target vs Off-Target Thinking

Ask: is this adverse effect a predictable extension of the drug's mechanism (on-target), or something the mechanism doesn't explain (off-target)? On-target effects are dose-dependent and predictable. Off-target effects are often idiosyncratic and harder to predict.

**How to apply this**:
1. Look up the drug's primary mechanism of action (use ChEMBL or DailyMed label)
2. For each reported adverse event, ask: "Does this follow logically from what the drug does to its target?" If yes, it is on-target toxicity — expect dose-dependence and manage with dose reduction
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