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biomedical-search-strategy-builder

Builds professional search strategies for PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and similar databases. Use when a user needs to construct a MeSH-based Boolean query, design a systematic review search, expand a concept with synonyms, apply study-type or date filters, or adapt a query across multiple databases. Also triggers when the user says "help me search for papers on X", "build a search strategy", "what are the MeSH terms for", or "I need a systematic review search string".

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body is a well-structured, highly actionable guide with a clear multi-step workflow and explicit validation checkpoints. Minor conciseness and disclosure gaps come from repeated filter/syntax content and an unlinked script reference.

Suggestions

Consolidate the overlapping filter/syntax content currently split across Step 4, Key Syntax Reference, and Clinical Query Filters into a single reference section or move pre-built clinical query blocks into references/boolean-examples.md.

Add an explicit link to scripts/main.py (and document its subcommands) so the 'validate' workflow is navigable rather than only mentioned in a limitation note.

Trim the 'When to Use' list since it largely duplicates the frontmatter description, freeing token budget for the unique workflow content.

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Conciseness

Mostly efficient with concrete syntax tables, query blocks, and checklists; not a 5 because filter/syntax content is repeated across Step 4, the Key Syntax Reference, and Clinical Query Filters sections, and the 'When to Use' list overlaps the description.

4 / 5

Actionability

Provides copy-paste-ready PubMed query syntax ('"Diabetes Mellitus"[MeSH Terms]', filter expressions, concept-group templates) and concrete per-database adaptation rules (Emtree /exp, .ti,ab., TS=); specific examples cover common cases.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clearly sequenced 6-step Core Workflow with explicit validation checkpoints (Step 2b mapping confirmation, MeSH fallback verification), a self-check Quality Checklist, and feedback loops for error recovery.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Well-organized overview with two clearly signaled one-level-deep references (mesh-structure.md, boolean-examples.md) that exist in the bundle; not a 5 because scripts/main.py is mentioned but not linked by path and some inline pre-built query blocks could live in boolean-examples.md.

4 / 5

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Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is exemplary: third-person voice, concrete capabilities, explicit 'Use when' guidance, and quoted natural trigger phrases. It cleanly answers what the skill does and when to invoke it.

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Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — 'construct a MeSH-based Boolean query, design a systematic review search, expand a concept with synonyms, apply study-type or date filters, or adapt a query across multiple databases' — with comprehensive coverage; not a 4 because no meaningful action gaps remain.

5 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both 'what' (builds search strategies for PubMed/Embase/WoS) and 'when' ('Use when a user needs to... Also triggers when the user says...') with concrete trigger phrases.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes natural phrases users actually say — 'help me search for papers on X', 'build a search strategy', 'what are the MeSH terms for', 'I need a systematic review search string' — plus synonyms and database names; comprehensive coverage.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear niche (biomedical MeSH-based literature search strategy) with distinct triggers; minimal overlap risk with other skills.

5 / 5

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Validation

93%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

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