database-lookup

name	database-lookup
description	Use when the user wants structured information from public scientific, biomedical, regulatory, materials, or economic databases. This is a reference-first skill for selecting the right database and query strategy.
metadata	{"short-description":"Route scientific and public-data lookup tasks to the right databases"}

Database Lookup

Use this skill when the user wants structured data from public databases such as:

• compounds, drugs, assays, targets
• genes, proteins, pathways, variants, expression resources
• clinical trials and disease resources
• patents and regulatory datasets
• economic and fiscal data

Intended role in Codex

This skill is primarily:

• a routing/reference skill
• a database-selection guide
• a source for query strategy and identifier mapping

It is not a replacement for:

• zotero for library lookup
• paper-lookup for literature discovery
• source-research for general synthesis

High-value references

Start with:

• references/pubchem.md
• references/chembl.md
• references/bindingdb.md
• references/uniprot.md
• references/reactome.md
• references/ensembl.md
• references/ncbi-gene.md
• references/gtex.md
• references/clinvar.md
• references/clinicaltrials.md
• references/opentargets.md
• references/fred.md
• references/treasury.md
• references/uspto.md

Routing guidance

• Use database-lookup when the user is asking for data records or identifiers.
• Use paper-lookup when the user is asking for papers.
• Use source-research when the user wants broader explanation or synthesis.