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Archive Pmc by vimalinx — Agent Skill

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

File contents

archive-pmc

Quick Start

Command: archive-pmc [download|verify|missing|index]
Local executable: /home/vimalinx/miniforge3/envs/bio/bin/archive-pmc
Full reference: See references/help.md for complete usage details

When To Use This Tool

Maintain a local PubMed Central full-text archive for offline article mining.
Backfill missing PMC packages or verify an existing local archive after interrupted transfers.
Rebuild local posting structures once the local PMC content is stable.
Prefer this over ad hoc PMC file mirroring when you want the standard EDirect archive layout.

Common Patterns

# 1) Download and populate the local PMC archive
export EDIRECT_LOCAL_ARCHIVE=/data/edirect
archive-pmc

# 2) Check for missing PMC packages after a failed or partial sync
archive-pmc -missing

# 3) Rebuild local search/posting structures
archive-pmc -index

Recommended Workflow

Set EDIRECT_LOCAL_ARCHIVE and confirm the local archive root is writable.
Ensure the EDirect helper commands needed for drive setup are available.
Run archive-pmc to fetch and populate the local archive.
If a transfer was interrupted, use -verify or -missing before rebuilding postings.
Run -index only after the local content looks complete, then inspect the timing summary for DAT, DWN, POP, IDX, INV, COL, MRG, and PST.

Guardrails

--help and --version are not metadata-only; they still run archive setup and can emit missing-helper or missing-environment errors.
The script requires EDIRECT_LOCAL_ARCHIVE, pm-setup, and pm-prepare.
download, verify, missing, and index are distinct modes; use them deliberately instead of assuming a no-arg run will validate everything.
The cleanup ladder (-clean, -scrub, -scour, -erase, -zap) is destructive and must be run separately from -index.
-stem changes the generated text index content, so record it if you need reproducible local search behavior.

---name: archive-pmcdescription: Use when maintaining a local PubMed Central full-text archive for offline PMC search or bulk processing.--- # archive-pmc ## Quick Start - **Command:** `archive-pmc [download|verify|missing|index]` - **Local executable:** `/home/vimalinx/miniforge3/envs/bio/bin/archive-pmc` - **Full reference:** See `references/help.md` for complete usage details ## When To Use This Tool - Maintain a local PubMed Central full-text archive for offline article mining. - Backfill missing PMC packages or verify an existing local archive after interrupted transfers. - Rebuild local posting structures once the local PMC content is stable. - Prefer this over ad hoc PMC file mirroring when you want the standard EDirect archive layout. ## Common Patterns ```bash # 1) Download and populate the local PMC archive export EDIRECT_LOCAL_ARCHIVE=/data/edirect archive-pmc ``` ```bash # 2) Check for missing PMC packages after a failed or partial sync archive-pmc -missing ``` ```bash # 3) Rebuild local search/posting structures archive-pmc -index ``` ## Recommended Workflow 1. Set `EDIRECT_LOCAL_ARCHIVE` and confirm the local archive root is writable. 2. Ensure the EDirect helper commands needed for drive setup are available. 3. Run `archive-pmc` to fetch and populate the local archive. 4. If a transfer was interrupted, use `-verify` or `-missing` before rebuilding postings. 5. Run `-index` only after the local content looks complete, then inspect the timing summary for `DAT`, `DWN`, `POP`, `IDX`, `INV`, `COL`, `MRG`, and `PST`. ## Guardrails - `--help` and `--version` are not metadata-only; they still run archive setup and can emit missing-helper or missing-environment errors. - The script requires `EDIRECT_LOCAL_ARCHIVE`, `pm-setup`, and `pm-prepare`. - `download`, `verify`, `missing`, and `index` are distinct modes; use them deliberately instead of assuming a no-arg run will validate everything. - The cleanup ladder (`-clean`, `-scrub`, `-scour`, `-erase`, `-zap`) is destructive and must be run separately from `-index`. - `-stem` changes the generated text index content, so record it if you need reproducible local search behavior.

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