Search the bioRxiv preprint server and retrieve paper metadata or download PDFs via its API. Use when finding life sciences preprints by keywords, authors, DOI, date ranges, or categories, or when conducting a biology literature review of not-yet-peer-reviewed work. Part of the AlterLab Academic Skills suite.
Install
npx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills --skill alterlab-biorxivnpx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills --skill alterlab-biorxiv -a claude-code -gnpx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills --skill alterlab-biorxiv -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills.git --path skills/databases/alterlab-biorxivgh skill install AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills alterlab-biorxivgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills /tmp/AlterLab-IEU__AlterLab-Academic-Skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/AlterLab-IEU__AlterLab-Academic-Skills/skills/databases/alterlab-biorxiv ~/.claude/skills/alterlab-biorxiv # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/AlterLab-IEU__AlterLab-Academic-Skills/skills/databases/alterlab-biorxiv ~/.agents/skills/alterlab-biorxiv # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode