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Archive Nihocc by vimalinx — Agent Skill

Name: Archive Nihocc
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: vimalinx

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archive-nihocc

Quick Start

Command: archive-nihocc [daily|-index]
Local executable: /home/vimalinx/miniforge3/envs/bio/bin/archive-nihocc
Full reference: See references/help.md for detailed documentation

When To Use This Tool

Build a local NIH Open Citation Collection snapshot for offline PMID citation-link lookups.
Refresh local CITED / CITES posting files after the upstream OCC bundle changes.
Keep citation data in the standard EDirect archive layout instead of managing ad hoc zip downloads by hand.
Rebuild index, invert, merge, and posting layers when downstream local search commands need updated citation edges.

Common Patterns

# 1) Download or refresh the local OCC archive
export EDIRECT_LOCAL_ARCHIVE=/data/edirect
archive-nihocc

# 2) Incrementally rebuild index and invert layers after new data arrives
archive-nihocc daily

# 3) Rebuild the full local search/postings structures
archive-nihocc -index

Recommended Workflow

Set EDIRECT_LOCAL_ARCHIVE and confirm the archive root is writable before invoking the script.
Make sure the supporting EDirect helpers and a local Go toolchain are available.
Run archive-nihocc to refresh the downloaded OCC bundle in the archive tree.
Follow with daily or -index as a separate command, depending on whether you need only incremental rebuilds or a full postings refresh.
Review the DWN, IDX, INV, MRG, and PST timing lines before trusting the local archive.

Guardrails

--help and --version are not metadata-only here; they still enter archive setup logic and fail if prerequisites are missing.
The script requires EDIRECT_LOCAL_ARCHIVE, pm-setup, pm-prepare, and a working local go compiler.
Cleaning and indexing are mutually exclusive in one invocation; run cleanup commands separately from daily / -index.
The cleanup aliases (clean, scrub, scour, scratch, erase) remove local scratch material and should be treated as destructive maintenance.
The OCC zip download is large and the script warns it can take hours; do not treat this like a lightweight helper command.

---name: archive-nihoccdescription: Use when maintaining a local NIH Open Citation Collection archive for offline citation-link lookups in EDirect workflows.--- # archive-nihocc ## Quick Start - **Command**: `archive-nihocc [daily|-index]` - **Local executable**: `/home/vimalinx/miniforge3/envs/bio/bin/archive-nihocc` - **Full reference**: See [references/help.md](references/help.md) for detailed documentation ## When To Use This Tool - Build a local NIH Open Citation Collection snapshot for offline PMID citation-link lookups. - Refresh local `CITED` / `CITES` posting files after the upstream OCC bundle changes. - Keep citation data in the standard EDirect archive layout instead of managing ad hoc zip downloads by hand. - Rebuild index, invert, merge, and posting layers when downstream local search commands need updated citation edges. ## Common Patterns ```bash # 1) Download or refresh the local OCC archive export EDIRECT_LOCAL_ARCHIVE=/data/edirect archive-nihocc ``` ```bash # 2) Incrementally rebuild index and invert layers after new data arrives archive-nihocc daily ``` ```bash # 3) Rebuild the full local search/postings structures archive-nihocc -index ``` ## Recommended Workflow 1. Set `EDIRECT_LOCAL_ARCHIVE` and confirm the archive root is writable before invoking the script. 2. Make sure the supporting EDirect helpers and a local Go toolchain are available. 3. Run `archive-nihocc` to refresh the downloaded OCC bundle in the archive tree. 4. Follow with `daily` or `-index` as a separate command, depending on whether you need only incremental rebuilds or a full postings refresh. 5. Review the `DWN`, `IDX`, `INV`, `MRG`, and `PST` timing lines before trusting the local archive. ## Guardrails - `--help` and `--version` are not metadata-only here; they still enter archive setup logic and fail if prerequisites are missing. - The script requires `EDIRECT_LOCAL_ARCHIVE`, `pm-setup`, `pm-prepare`, and a working local `go` compiler. - Cleaning and indexing are mutually exclusive in one invocation; run cleanup commands separately from `daily` / `-index`. - The cleanup aliases (`clean`, `scrub`, `scour`, `scratch`, `erase`) remove local scratch material and should be treated as destructive maintenance. - The OCC zip download is large and the script warns it can take hours; do not treat this like a lightweight helper command.

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