Requirements
- Target platform
- OpenClaw
- Install method
- Manual import
- Extraction
- Extract archive
- Prerequisites
- OpenClaw
- Primary doc
- SKILL.md
Fetch and retrieve full-text or abstracts of open-access articles from PubMed Central by journal, year, or PMCID using NCBI's public APIs without an API key.
Fetch and retrieve full-text or abstracts of open-access articles from PubMed Central by journal, year, or PMCID using NCBI's public APIs without an API key.
Hand the extracted package to your coding agent with a concrete install brief instead of figuring it out manually.
I downloaded a skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder and install it by following the included instructions. Tell me what you changed and call out any manual steps you could not complete.
I downloaded an updated skill package from Yavira. Read SKILL.md from the extracted folder, compare it with my current installation, and upgrade it while preserving any custom configuration unless the package docs explicitly say otherwise. Summarize what changed and any follow-up checks I should run.
Fetch full-text articles from PubMed Central using official NCBI APIs.
E-utilities search โ Find articles by journal, year, query OAI-PMH full text โ Retrieve complete article XML (open access only) Batch harvesting โ Process multiple journals at once Abstract fetch โ Lightweight retrieval for review queues No API key required โ Uses public NCBI APIs (rate-limited)
# Search a journal node {baseDir}/scripts/pmc-harvest.js --search "J Stroke[journal]" --year 2025 # Fetch full text for a specific article node {baseDir}/scripts/pmc-harvest.js --fetch PMC12345678 # Batch harvest from multiple journals node {baseDir}/scripts/pmc-harvest.js --harvest journals.json --year 2025 # Test with known journals node {baseDir}/scripts/pmc-harvest.js --test
FlagDescription--search <query>PMC search query (use journal[name] format)--year <year>Filter by publication year--max <n>Max results (default: 100)--fetch <pmcid>Fetch full text for specific PMCID--harvest <file>Batch harvest from JSON journal list--testRun test with sample journals
const pmc = require('{baseDir}/lib/api.js'); // Search const { count, pmcids } = await pmc.searchJournal('"J Stroke"[journal]', { year: 2025 }); // Get summaries const summaries = await pmc.getSummaries(pmcids); // Fetch full text const { available, xml, reason } = await pmc.fetchFullText('PMC12345678'); // Parse JATS XML const { title, abstract, body } = pmc.parseJATS(xml); // Fetch abstract only (lightweight) const { title, abstract } = await pmc.fetchAbstract('PMC12345678');
const queries = { 'Stroke': '"Stroke"[journal]', 'Journal of Stroke': '"J Stroke"[journal]', 'Stroke & Vascular Neurology': '"Stroke Vasc Neurol"[journal]', 'European Stroke Journal': '"Eur Stroke J"[journal]', 'BMC Neurology': '"BMC Neurol"[journal]' };
OAI-PMH only returns open-access articles โ restricted content unavailable Rate limits โ ~3 requests/second without API key Peak hours โ NCBI recommends avoiding 5AM-9PM ET for large batches
This skill wraps NCBI's official APIs: E-utilities: https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils esearch.fcgi โ Search PMC esummary.fcgi โ Get article metadata OAI-PMH: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/api/oai/v1/mh GetRecord โ Fetch full text XML Full docs: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK25501/
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