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clinicaltrials-skill

Submit compact ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 requests for study search, metadata, enums, search areas, and field statistics. Use when a user wants concise ClinicalTrials.gov summaries

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openai/plugins
Updated
2026-05-30
Slug
openai--plugins--clinicaltrials-skill
View on GitHubRaw SKILL.md

// install — copy + paste into any project

mkdir -p .claude/skills && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openai/plugins/HEAD/plugins/life-science-research/skills/clinicaltrials-skill/SKILL.md -o .claude/skills/clinicaltrials-skill.md

Drops the SKILL.md into .claude/skills/clinicaltrials-skill.md. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any agent that loads SKILL.md files from .claude/skills/.

Operating rules

  • Use scripts/clinicaltrials_client.py for all ClinicalTrials.gov v2 calls.
  • Study searches are better with max_items=10 and max_pages=1; only increase pages when the user explicitly wants more than the first page.
  • Use targeted params instead of broad unfiltered study dumps.
  • Re-run requests in long conversations instead of relying on older tool output.
  • Treat displayed ... in tool previews as UI truncation, not literal request content.

Execution behavior

  • Return concise markdown summaries from the script JSON by default.
  • Prefer action=studies for search and action=metadata|search_areas|enums|stats_size|field_values|field_sizes for API introspection and field stats.
  • If the user needs full pages or aggregated responses, set save_raw=true and report the saved file path.

Input

  • Read one JSON object from stdin.
  • Required field: action
  • Supported actions: studies, metadata, search_areas, enums, stats_size, field_values, field_sizes, request
  • Optional fields: path for action=request, params, max_items, max_depth, max_pages, timeout_sec, save_raw, raw_output_path
  • Common ClinicalTrials.gov patterns:
    • {"action":"studies","params":{"query.cond":"prostate cancer","filter.overallStatus":"RECRUITING","pageSize":10},"max_items":10,"max_pages":1}
    • {"action":"metadata"}
    • {"action":"field_values","params":{"field":"protocolSection.identificationModule.organization.fullName"}}

Output

  • action=studies returns pages_fetched, next_page_token, count metadata, and compact records.
  • Other actions return either compact records or a compact summary.
  • Use raw_output_path when save_raw=true.
  • Failure returns ok=false with error.code and error.message.

Execution

echo '{"action":"studies","params":{"query.cond":"prostate cancer","filter.overallStatus":"RECRUITING","pageSize":10},"max_items":10,"max_pages":1}' | python scripts/clinicaltrials_client.py

References

  • No additional runtime references are required; keep the import package limited to this file and scripts/clinicaltrials_client.py.