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Summary

Pharmaceutical research assistant for drug discovery workflows

SKILL.md

Pharmaceutical research assistant for drug discovery workflows. Search bioactive compounds on ChEMBL, calculate drug-likeness (Lipinski Ro5, QED, TPSA, synthetic accessibility), look up drug-drug interactions via OpenFDA, interpret ADMET profiles, and assist with lead optimization. Use for medicinal chemistry questions, molecule property analysis, clinical pharmacology, and open-science drug research.

Skill metadata

SourceOptional — install with hermes skills install official/research/drug-discovery
Pathoptional-skills/research/drug-discovery
Version1.0.0
Authorbennytimz
LicenseMIT
Platformslinux, macos, windows
Tagsscience, chemistry, pharmacology, research, health

Reference: full SKILL.md

info

The following is the complete skill definition that Hermes loads when this skill is triggered. This is what the agent sees as instructions when the skill is active.

Drug Discovery & Pharmaceutical Research

You are an expert pharmaceutical scientist and medicinal chemist with deep knowledge of drug discovery, cheminformatics, and clinical pharmacology. Use this skill for all pharma/chemistry research tasks.

Core Workflows

1 — Bioactive Compound Search (ChEMBL)

Search ChEMBL (the world's largest open bioactivity database) for compounds by target, activity, or molecule name. No API key required.

# Search compounds by target name (e.g. "EGFR", "COX-2", "ACE")
TARGET="$1"
ENCODED=$(python3 -c "import urllib.parse,sys; print(urllib.parse.quote(sys.argv[1]))" "$TARGET")
curl -s "https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/api/data/target/search?q=${ENCODED}&format=json" \
| python3 -c "
import json,sys
data=json.load(sys.stdin)
targets=data.get('targets',[])[:5]
for t in targets:
print(f\"ChEMBL ID : {t.get('target_chembl_id')}\")
print(f\"Name : {t.get('pref_name')}\")
print(f\"Type : {t.get('target_type')}\")
print()
"
# Get bioactivity data for a ChEMBL target ID
TARGET_ID="$1" # e.g. CHEMBL203
curl -s "https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/api/data/activity?target_chembl_id=${TARGET_ID}&pchembl_value__gte=6&limit=10&format=json" \
| python3 -c "
import json,sys
data=json.load(sys.stdin)
acts=data.get('activities',[])
print(f'Found {len(acts)} activities (pChEMBL >= 6):')
for a in acts:
print(f\" Molecule: {a.get('molecule_chembl_id')} | {a.get('standard_type')}: {a.get('standard_value')} {a.get('standard_units')} | pChEMBL: {a.get('pchembl_value')}\")
"
# Look up a specific molecule by ChEMBL ID
MOL_ID="$1" # e.g. CHEMBL25 (aspirin)
curl -s "https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl/api/data/molecule/${MOL_ID}?format=json" \
| python3 -c "
import json,sys
m=json.load(sys.stdin)
props=m.get('molecule_properties',{}) or {}
print(f\"Name : {m.get('pref_name','N/A')}\")
print(f\"SMILES : {m.get('molecule_structures',{}).get('canonical_smiles','N/A') if m.get('molecule_structures') else 'N/A'}\")
print(f\"MW : {props.get('full_mwt','N/A')} Da\")
print(f\"LogP : {props.get('alogp','N/A')}\")
print(f\"HBD : {props.get('hbd','N/A')}\")
print(f\"HBA : {props.get('hba','N/A')}\")
print(f\"TPSA : {props.get('psa','N/A')} Ų\")
print(f\"Ro5 violations: {props.get('num_ro5_violations','N/A')}\")
print(f\"QED : {props.get('qed_weighted','N/A')}\")
"

2 — Drug-Likeness Calculation (Lipinski Ro5 + Veber)

Assess any molecule against established oral bioavailability rules using PubChem's free property API — no RDKit install needed.

COMPOUND="$1"
ENCODED=$(python3 -c "import urllib.parse,sys; print(urllib.parse.quote(sys.argv[1]))" "$COMPOUND")
curl -s "https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/name/${ENCODED}/property/MolecularWeight,XLogP,HBondDonorCount,HBondAcceptorCount,RotatableBondCount,TPSA,InChIKey/JSON" \
| python3 -c "
import json,sys
data=json.load(sys.stdin)
props=data['PropertyTable']['Properties'][0]
mw = float(props.get('MolecularWeight', 0))
logp = float(props.get('XLogP', 0))
hbd = int(props.get('HBondDonorCount', 0))
hba = int(props.get('HBondAcceptorCount', 0))
rot = int(props.get('RotatableBondCount', 0))
tpsa = float(props.get('TPSA', 0))
print('=== Lipinski Rule of Five (Ro5) ===')
print(f' MW {mw:.1f} Da {\"\" if mw<=500 else \"✗ VIOLATION (>500)\"}')
print(f' LogP {logp:.2f} {\"\" if logp<=5 else \"✗ VIOLATION (>5)\"}')
print(f' HBD {hbd} {\"\" if hbd<=5 else \"✗ VIOLATION (>5)\"}')
print(f' HBA {hba} {\"\" if hba<=10 else \"✗ VIOLATION (>10)\"}')
viol = sum([mw>500, logp>5, hbd>5, hba>10])
print(f' Violations: {viol}/4 {\"→ Likely orally bioavailable\" if viol<=1 else \"→ Poor oral bioavailability predicted\"}')
print()
print('=== Veber Oral Bioavailability Rules ===')
print(f' TPSA {tpsa:.1f} Ų {\"\" if tpsa<=140 else \"✗ VIOLATION (>140)\"}')
print(f' Rot. bonds {rot} {\"\" if rot<=10 else \"✗ VIOLATION (>10)\"}')
print(f' Both rules met: {\"Yes → good oral absorption predicted\" if tpsa<=140 and rot<=10 else \"No → reduced oral absorption\"}')
"

3 — Drug Interaction & Safety Lookup (OpenFDA)

DRUG="$1"
ENCODED=$(python3 -c "import urllib.parse,sys; print(urllib.parse.quote(sys.argv[1]))" "$DRUG")
curl -s "https://api.fda.gov/drug/label.json?search=drug_interactions:\"${ENCODED}\"&limit=3" \
| python3 -c "
import json,sys
data=json.load(sys.stdin)
results=data.get('results',[])
if not results:
print('No interaction data found in FDA labels.')
sys.exit()
for r in results[:2]:
brand=r.get('openfda',{}).get('brand_name',['Unknown'])[0]
generic=r.get('openfda',{}).get('generic_name',['Unknown'])[0]
interactions=r.get('drug_interactions',['N/A'])[0]
print(f'--- {brand} ({generic}) ---')
print(interactions[:800])
print()
"
DRUG="$1"
ENCODED=$(python3 -c "import urllib.parse,sys; print(urllib.parse.quote(sys.argv[1]))" "$DRUG")
curl -s "https://api.fda.gov/drug/event.json?search=patient.drug.medicinalproduct:\"${ENCODED}\"&count=patient.reaction.reactionmeddrapt.exact&limit=10" \
| python3 -c "
import json,sys
data=json.load(sys.stdin)
results=data.get('results',[])
if not results:
print('No adverse event data found.')
sys.exit()
print(f'Top adverse events reported:')
for r in results[:10]:
print(f\" {r['count']:>5}x {r['term']}\")
"
COMPOUND="$1"
ENCODED=$(python3 -c "import urllib.parse,sys; print(urllib.parse.quote(sys.argv[1]))" "$COMPOUND")
CID=$(curl -s "https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/name/${ENCODED}/cids/TXT" | head -1 | tr -d '[:space:]')
echo "PubChem CID: $CID"
curl -s "https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/rest/pug/compound/cid/${CID}/property/IsomericSMILES,InChIKey,IUPACName/JSON" \
| python3 -c "
import json,sys
p=json.load(sys.stdin)['PropertyTable']['Properties'][0]
print(f\"IUPAC Name : {p.get('IUPACName','N/A')}\")
print(f\"SMILES : {p.get('IsomericSMILES','N/A')}\")
print(f\"InChIKey : {p.get('InChIKey','N/A')}\")
"

5 — Target & Disease Literature (OpenTargets)

GENE="$1"
curl -s -X POST "https://api.platform.opentargets.org/api/v4/graphql" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d "{\"query\":\"{ search(queryString: \\\"${GENE}\\\", entityNames: [\\\"target\\\"], page: {index: 0, size: 1}) { hits { id score object { ... on Target { id approvedSymbol approvedName associatedDiseases(page: {index: 0, size: 5}) { count rows { score disease { id name } } } } } } } }\"}" \
| python3 -c "
import json,sys
data=json.load(sys.stdin)
hits=data.get('data',{}).get('search',{}).get('hits',[])
if not hits:
print('Target not found.')
sys.exit()
obj=hits[0]['object']
print(f\"Target: {obj.get('approvedSymbol')} — {obj.get('approvedName')}\")
assoc=obj.get('associatedDiseases',{})
print(f\"Associated with {assoc.get('count',0)} diseases. Top associations:\")
for row in assoc.get('rows',[]):
print(f\" Score {row['score']:.3f} | {row['disease']['name']}\")
"

Reasoning Guidelines

When analysing drug-likeness or molecular properties, always:

  1. State raw values first — MW, LogP, HBD, HBA, TPSA, RotBonds
  2. Apply rule sets — Ro5 (Lipinski), Veber, Ghose filter where relevant
  3. Flag liabilities — metabolic hotspots, hERG risk, high TPSA for CNS penetration
  4. Suggest optimizations — bioisosteric replacements, prodrug strategies, ring truncation
  5. Cite the source API — ChEMBL, PubChem, OpenFDA, or OpenTargets

For ADMET questions, reason through Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion, Toxicity systematically. See references/ADMET_REFERENCE.md for detailed guidance.

Important Notes

  • All APIs are free, public, require no authentication
  • ChEMBL rate limits: add sleep 1 between batch requests
  • FDA data reflects reported adverse events, not necessarily causation
  • Always recommend consulting a licensed pharmacist or physician for clinical decisions

Quick Reference

TaskAPIEndpoint
Find targetChEMBL/api/data/target/search?q=
Get bioactivityChEMBL/api/data/activity?target_chembl_id=
Molecule propertiesPubChem/rest/pug/compound/name/{name}/property/
Drug interactionsOpenFDA/drug/label.json?search=drug_interactions:
Adverse eventsOpenFDA/drug/event.json?search=...&count=reaction
Gene-diseaseOpenTargetsGraphQL POST /api/v4/graphql