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pubmed-search-specialist

Build complex Boolean query strings for precise PubMed/MEDLINE literature retrieval. Trigger when user needs MeSH term mapping, Boolean query construction, advanced PubMed filters, citation searching, systematic review search strategy, or clinical query optimization.

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SKILL.md
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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 contains genuinely actionable, domain-specific PubMed guidance and well-signaled references, but is weighed down by generic boilerplate sections that pad the file without adding PubMed-specific value.

Suggestions

Remove or drastically condense the generic boilerplate sections (When to Use, Key Features, Dependencies, Implementation Details, Workflow) that restate the description and repeat generic process language.

Move the field-tag reference table, clinical query filter templates, and the full worked example into references/ files, keeping only a concise quick-start inline in SKILL.md.

Add an explicit validation feedback loop (e.g. test-query → review result count → refine) and a populated script invocation example with real arguments instead of only '--help'.

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Conciseness

The PubMed-specific core is efficient, but roughly the first 80 lines are generic boilerplate (When to Use, Key Features, Dependencies, Implementation Details, Workflow) that restates the description and repeats generic process guidance that could be trimmed.

3 / 5

Actionability

Provides concrete, copy-paste-ready PubMed syntax, field-tag tables, clinical query filter templates, and a full worked example; the script is only invoked via '--help' rather than a populated example command, leaving a minor gap.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clear 5-step Usage Workflow (Concept Extraction through Search Strategy Output) is sequenced with a Quality Checklist as a checkpoint, but there is no explicit validate-fix-retry feedback loop for query construction.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Real one-level-deep references (references/mesh-structure.md, references/boolean-examples.md, scripts/main.py) are clearly signaled, though a substantial amount of reference-worthy material (field tags, clinical filters, full example) remains inline.

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.

A strong, specific description that clearly states the skill's purpose and provides explicit, domain-relevant trigger phrases. Minor keyword-coverage gaps keep trigger quality just short of perfect.

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Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — 'Build complex Boolean query strings', 'MeSH term mapping', 'Boolean query construction', 'advanced PubMed filters', 'citation searching', 'systematic review search strategy', 'clinical query optimization' — giving comprehensive coverage of what the skill does.

5 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both 'what' ('Build complex Boolean query strings for precise PubMed/MEDLINE literature retrieval') and 'when' ('Trigger when user needs...') with concrete trigger phrases.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Strong domain keywords a PubMed user would naturally say (MeSH, Boolean query, systematic review, clinical query), though a few common natural variants like 'literature review' or 'search PubMed' are absent.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear PubMed/MEDLINE niche with distinct MeSH/Boolean triggers, making conflict with other skills unlikely.

5 / 5

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Validation

93%

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Validation15 / 16 Passed

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