# Reactome Skill

> Submit compact Reactome ContentService requests for pathway, event, participant, search, and diagram-related data. Use when a user wants concise Reactome summaries

- Skill: `concertonotes/reactome-skill` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add concertonotes/reactome-skill`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/concertonotes/reactome-skill/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Research & Search
- Author: ConcertoNotes (https://skillmd.com/u/concertonotes)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/concertonotes/reactome-skill

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## Operating rules
- Use `scripts/rest_request.py` for all Reactome ContentService calls.
- Use `base_url=https://reactome.org/ContentService`.
- Single pathway or event lookups usually do not need `max_items`; list-style pathway membership calls are better with `max_items=10`.
- Send `Accept: application/json` in `headers` when requesting JSON.
- Re-run requests in long conversations instead of relying on older tool output.
- Treat displayed `...` in tool previews as UI truncation, not literal request content.

## Execution behavior
- Return concise markdown summaries from the script JSON by default.
- Prefer these paths: `data/query/<eventId>`, `data/pathways/low/entity/<identifier>`, `data/participants/<eventId>`, and search endpoints.
- If the user needs the full payload, set `save_raw=true` and report the saved file path.

## 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 Reactome patterns:
  - `{"base_url":"https://reactome.org/ContentService","path":"data/query/R-HSA-199420","headers":{"Accept":"application/json"}}`
  - `{"base_url":"https://reactome.org/ContentService","path":"data/pathways/low/entity/P38398","params":{"species":"Homo sapiens"},"headers":{"Accept":"application/json"},"max_items":10}`
  - `{"base_url":"https://reactome.org/ContentService","path":"data/participants/R-HSA-199420","headers":{"Accept":"application/json"},"max_items":10}`

## 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
```bash
echo '{"base_url":"https://reactome.org/ContentService","path":"data/query/R-HSA-199420","headers":{"Accept":"application/json"}}' | 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`.