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Nhance Sh by vimalinx — Agent Skill

Name: Nhance Sh
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: vimalinx

File contents

nhance-sh

Quick Start

Command: nhance.sh <shortcut> <query>
Local executable: /home/vimalinx/miniforge3/envs/bio/bin/nhance.sh
Supported shortcuts from the local source: -pathway, -gene-to-pathway, -litvar, -citmatch

When To Use This Tool

Try the packaged shortcut wrapper for a few common nquire-based lookups.
Resolve a Reactome pathway, gene-to-pathway mapping, LitVar entity, or heuristic citation match without building the raw nquire call yourself.
Prototype an EDirect-side lookup quickly before deciding whether a lower-level nquire command is more reliable.
Not for general-purpose EDirect requests; this wrapper only special-cases four shortcut modes.

Common Patterns

# 1) Pathway lookup shortcut
nhance.sh -pathway Reactome:R-HSA-70171

# 2) Gene-to-pathway lookup shortcut
nhance.sh -gene-to-pathway 1956

# 3) Citation matching shortcut
nhance.sh -citmatch "nucleotide sequences required for tn3 transposition immunity"

Recommended Workflow

Decide whether your request really matches one of the four hard-coded shortcut modes.
Pass exactly one query argument after the shortcut flag.
Inspect the returned XML or PMID-style result and fall back to raw nquire if you need tighter control.
Treat this wrapper as a convenience layer, not as the authoritative interface for complex EDirect querying.

Guardrails

The wrapper has no real built-in help or version path; nhance.sh --help exits silently with no useful output.
Only -pathway, -gene-to-pathway, -litvar, and -citmatch are recognized as active shortcut modes.
Missing shortcut payloads fail explicitly, for example ERROR: Missing -pathway argument.
In the current local environment, active shortcut calls fail early with Escape: command not found, so the wrapper is not presently reliable without that missing shell helper.
Plain nhance.sh or unrecognized leading arguments can exit successfully with no output at all, which makes silent failure easy to miss.
Successful use also depends on nquire, transmute, and xtract being on PATH, plus live network access to the underlying NCBI / PubChem endpoints.

---name: nhance-shdescription: Use when trying the `nhance.sh` shortcut wrapper around `nquire` for pathway, gene-to-pathway, LitVar, or citation-match lookups against NCBI-related endpoints.--- # nhance-sh ## Quick Start - **Command:** `nhance.sh <shortcut> <query>` - **Local executable:** `/home/vimalinx/miniforge3/envs/bio/bin/nhance.sh` - **Supported shortcuts from the local source:** `-pathway`, `-gene-to-pathway`, `-litvar`, `-citmatch` ## When To Use This Tool - Try the packaged shortcut wrapper for a few common `nquire`-based lookups. - Resolve a Reactome pathway, gene-to-pathway mapping, LitVar entity, or heuristic citation match without building the raw `nquire` call yourself. - Prototype an EDirect-side lookup quickly before deciding whether a lower-level `nquire` command is more reliable. - Not for general-purpose EDirect requests; this wrapper only special-cases four shortcut modes. ## Common Patterns ```bash # 1) Pathway lookup shortcut nhance.sh -pathway Reactome:R-HSA-70171 ``` ```bash # 2) Gene-to-pathway lookup shortcut nhance.sh -gene-to-pathway 1956 ``` ```bash # 3) Citation matching shortcut nhance.sh -citmatch "nucleotide sequences required for tn3 transposition immunity" ``` ## Recommended Workflow 1. Decide whether your request really matches one of the four hard-coded shortcut modes. 2. Pass exactly one query argument after the shortcut flag. 3. Inspect the returned XML or PMID-style result and fall back to raw `nquire` if you need tighter control. 4. Treat this wrapper as a convenience layer, not as the authoritative interface for complex EDirect querying. ## Guardrails - The wrapper has no real built-in help or version path; `nhance.sh --help` exits silently with no useful output. - Only `-pathway`, `-gene-to-pathway`, `-litvar`, and `-citmatch` are recognized as active shortcut modes. - Missing shortcut payloads fail explicitly, for example `ERROR: Missing -pathway argument`. - In the current local environment, active shortcut calls fail early with `Escape: command not found`, so the wrapper is not presently reliable without that missing shell helper. - Plain `nhance.sh` or unrecognized leading arguments can exit successfully with no output at all, which makes silent failure easy to miss. - Successful use also depends on `nquire`, `transmute`, and `xtract` being on `PATH`, plus live network access to the underlying NCBI / PubChem endpoints.

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