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rhea-skill

Submit compact Rhea reaction search requests for biochemical reactions and reaction IDs. Use when a user wants concise Rhea summaries

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openai/plugins
Updated
2026-05-30
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openai--plugins--rhea-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/rhea-skill/SKILL.md -o .claude/skills/rhea-skill.md

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

Operating rules

  • Use scripts/rest_request.py for all Rhea calls.
  • Use base_url=https://www.rhea-db.org.
  • Start with the rhea search endpoint plus format=json.
  • Keep queries narrow by reaction ID, compound name, EC number, or free-text reaction term.
  • Re-run requests in long conversations instead of relying on older tool output.

Execution behavior

  • Return concise markdown summaries from the script JSON by default.
  • Return raw JSON only if the user explicitly asks for machine-readable output.
  • Prefer these patterns: reaction search by query, targeted ID search via query=RHEA:<id>, and small result windows.

Input

  • Read one JSON object from stdin.
  • Required fields: base_url, path
  • Optional fields: method, params, headers, json_body, form_body, record_path, response_format, max_items, max_depth, timeout_sec, save_raw, raw_output_path
  • Common Rhea patterns:
    • {"base_url":"https://www.rhea-db.org","path":"rhea","params":{"query":"caffeine","format":"json"},"record_path":"results","max_items":10}
    • {"base_url":"https://www.rhea-db.org","path":"rhea","params":{"query":"RHEA:47148","format":"json"},"record_path":"results","max_items":5}

Output

  • Success returns ok, source, path, method, status_code, warnings, and 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 '{"base_url":"https://www.rhea-db.org","path":"rhea","params":{"query":"caffeine","format":"json"},"record_path":"results","max_items":10}' | python scripts/rest_request.py

References

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