pubmed2blog Skill

This skill provides access to the pubmed2blog CLI tool for converting PubMed papers into blog articles.

Commands

discover

Search PubMed for relevant studies ranked by blog suitability.

pubmed2blog discover "cardiovascular prevention"
pubmed2blog discover "sleep quality" --days 30 --tier tier1,tier2

extract

Fetch full paper details from PubMed.

pubmed2blog extract 39847521
pubmed2blog extract 39847521 --json

generate

Generate a blog article from a PubMed paper.

pubmed2blog generate 39847521 --type research-explainer
pubmed2blog generate 39847521 --type patient-facing --lang en,de --save

pipeline

Full pipeline: discover + extract + generate.

pubmed2blog pipeline "sleep quality" --top 3 --save

init

Interactive setup for API keys and preferences.

pubmed2blog init

Article Types

• research-explainer: Study findings for lay audience
• patient-facing: Accessible, no jargon
• differentiation: "Why we don't offer X"
• service-connection: Connect findings to services

Agent Usage

When using this skill as an agent:

1. Run pubmed2blog discover <keyword> to find relevant papers
2. Use pubmed2blog extract <pmid> to get full details
3. Generate with pubmed2blog generate <pmid> --type <type> --save
4. Deliver results to user in chat
5. Schedule via cron for regular content generation

Setup

npm install -g pubmed2blog
pubmed2blog init

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