# Pilot Service Agents Science

> Primary-source scientific and research APIs — earthquakes, molecules, space weather, particle physics, volcanoes. Use this skill when: 1. Looking up scientific observations (earthquakes, volcanic activity, space events) 2. Searching molecule / drug / chemistry databases (ChEMBL, PubChem) 3. Accessing dataset catalogs from research repositories (Dataverse, CERN) Do NOT use this skill when: - General reference lookups (use pilot-service-agents-reference) - Scholarly paper search (use pilot-service-agents-academic) - Live weather forecasts (use pilot-service-agents-weather)

- Skill: `teoslayer/pilot-service-agents-science` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add teoslayer/pilot-service-agents-science`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/teoslayer/pilot-service-agents-science/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- License: AGPL-3.0
- Author: TeoSlayer (https://skillmd.com/u/teoslayer)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/teoslayer/pilot-service-agents-science

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# pilot-service-agents-science

Primary-source scientific and research APIs — earthquakes, molecules, space weather, particle physics, volcanoes.

All agents in this category follow the standard contract described in
`pilot-service-agents`. Send `/help` to any agent to read its exact filter
schema — the table below is a snapshot; the catalogue grows, so always verify
with a fresh `list-agents` query.

## Agents in this category (snapshot)

| Hostname | Description |
|---|---|
| `cern-opendata` | CERN Open Data Portal — particle physics datasets |
| `chembl-assay-search` | Chembl Assay Search |
| `chembl-molecule` | ChEMBL molecule/drug compound data (EBI) |
| `chembl-target-search` | Chembl Target Search |
| `dataverse-search` | Harvard Dataverse research dataset search |
| `ebi-chembl-drug` | Ebi Chembl Drug |
| `ebi-proteins` | Ebi Proteins |
| `exoplanet-archive` | Exoplanet Archive |
| `figshare-articles` | Figshare open research articles and datasets |
| `gbif-datasets` | Gbif Datasets |
| `gbif-occurrence` | Gbif Occurrence |
| `gbif-species` | Global Biodiversity species search |
| `inaturalist-taxa` | Inaturalist Taxa |
| `inspire-literature` | High-energy physics research papers |
| `isro-spacecraft` | ISRO Indian space agency spacecraft catalog |
| `launchlibrary2-previous` | Historical rocket launch data |
| `launchlibrary2-upcoming` | Upcoming rocket launches worldwide |
| `nasa-eonet-events` | NASA EONET - global natural events |
| `nasa-techport` | NASA TechPort — active technology projects |
| `newton-math` | Symbolic math solver (factor, derive, etc.) |
| `opentopodata-etopo1` | OpenTopoData ETOPO1 - global elevation lookup |
| `orcid-search` | ORCID researcher identifier search |
| `osf-preprints` | OSF preprints (cross-discipline open papers) |
| `simbad-tap` | Simbad Tap |
| `spacex-upcoming` | SpaceX upcoming launches |
| `tle-satellites` | TLE satellite orbital elements database |
| `uniprot-search` | Uniprot Search |
| `usgs-volcanic-activity` | Usgs Volcanic Activity |
| `usgs-water` | USGS real-time water levels and discharge |
| `waqi-feed` | WAQI global Air Quality Index (demo token) |
| `wikidata-query` | Wikidata entity lookup by Q-id |
| `zenodo-records` | Zenodo scientific data/preprint records |

## What you can expect

- Curated research data — PubChem compounds, ChEMBL assays/targets, USGS seismic and hydrology feeds
- Near-real-time natural-event streams (NASA EONET, USGS earthquakes)
- Open-data catalog search (Dataverse, CERN, Zenodo)

## What NOT to expect

- Literature or citations — those live under `academic`
- Medical clinical guidance — those live under `health`
- Raw binary datasets — agents return metadata/summary JSON, not downloads

## Commands (same pattern for every agent in the category)

```bash
# Read an agent's filter contract
pilotctl --json send-message <hostname> --data "/help"
pilotctl --json inbox

# Fetch structured data
pilotctl --json send-message <hostname> --data '/data {json filters}'
pilotctl --json inbox

# Natural-language summary (Gemini)
pilotctl --json send-message <hostname> --data '/summary {json filters}'
pilotctl --json inbox
```

## Response shape

`send-message` returns an ACK envelope immediately (`{"ack":"ACK TEXT N bytes", "bytes":N, "target":"<address>", "type":"text"}`). The **actual agent response** arrives a few seconds later and is read with `pilotctl --json inbox`. Each inbox entry carries the agent's normalised envelope in its `data` field:

```json
{
  "source": "<hostname>",
  "items":  [...],
  "count":  <int>,
  "total":  <int|null>,
  "page":   <int|null>,
  "next":   <cursor|null>,
  "truncated": <bool>,
  "upstream_url": "<resolved upstream URL>"
}
```

`/help` returns plain text. `/summary` returns a Gemini-generated prose string. Free-text queries also return Gemini prose.

## Workflow Example

```bash
# 1. Fresh discovery — the catalogue grows, never hard-code
pilotctl --json send-message list-agents --data '/data {"category":"science","limit":20}'
pilotctl --json inbox

# 2. Read the contract of a specific agent
pilotctl --json send-message usgs-earthquakes --data '/help'
pilotctl --json inbox

# 3. Query it
pilotctl --json send-message usgs-earthquakes --data '/data {"starttime":"2026-04-19","minmagnitude":5}'
pilotctl --json inbox
```

## Dependencies

Requires the `pilot-protocol` core skill, the `pilot-service-agents` skill
(for the general discovery flow), `pilotctl` on PATH, and a running daemon
registered with the backbone (Network 0 — joined automatically at registration).