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Alterlab Biorxiv

alterlab-ieu/alterlab-biorxiv

Search the bioRxiv preprint server and retrieve paper metadata or download PDFs via its API. Use when finding life sciences preprints by keywords, authors, DOI, date ranges, or categories, or when conducting a biology literature review of not-yet-peer-reviewed work. Part of the AlterLab Academic Skills suite.

11k tokens
context cost
the whole folder, loaded on every use
4
files
ships runnable scripts
0
copies elsewhere
how many repositories repackaged it
56
stars on the repo
on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills --skill alterlab-biorxiv

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take alterlab-ieu/alterlab-biorxiv from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

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