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PANGAEA Data Repository API · brycewang-stanford | DecimalAI

scienceby brycewang-stanford

PANGAEA Data Repository API

brycewang-stanford/pangaea-data-api

Source brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills ↗License NOASSERTION

Access earth and environmental science datasets via PANGAEA API

SkillScore100Maintained

Automatic

Research pack

Last verified 8/29/2026

What it changes

Passed 21 of 21 test cases with the skill, and 8 of 21 without it.

Without skill36%

With skill100%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Includes parameter minlat=-60
Includes parameter maxlat=-30
Sets count=50 to limit results per page

and 19 more in the full report

14 fixed8 passed either way0 still failing0 broke

Pass-rate lift: +64 pp
Tokens: +42%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -49%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/29/2026v122 of 22 cases passed with skill · 21 comparable

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/brycewang-stanford-pangaea-data-api/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/brycewang-stanford-pangaea-data-api/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add brycewang-stanford-pangaea-data-api, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/brycewang-stanford-pangaea-data-api/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add brycewang-stanford-pangaea-data-api

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/brycewang-stanford-pangaea-data-api/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/brycewang-stanford-pangaea-data-api/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/brycewang-stanford-pangaea-data-api/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/brycewang-stanford-pangaea-data-api.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

One of 13 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 13

Prompt

I want to retrieve full metainfo metadata for dataset DOI 10.1594/PANGAEA.888888 via curl. What specific URL query parameter flag must be appended to the doi.pangaea.de request to receive structured metadata JSON?

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Includes format=metainfo_json in the URL parameters	Missed	Passed

case-07 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/29/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md185 linessingle file

PANGAEA Data Repository API

Overview

PANGAEA is the world's leading data repository for earth and environmental sciences, hosting 400K+ datasets with 20B+ data points. It archives research data from oceanography, paleoclimatology, geology, ecology, and atmospheric science. Each dataset has a DOI and is linked to the originating publication. The API provides search, metadata retrieval, and data download. Free, no authentication required.

API Endpoints

Search API

# Search datasets by keyword
curl "https://www.pangaea.de/advanced/search.php?q=ocean+temperature&count=20&type=json"

# Search with geographic bounding box
curl "https://www.pangaea.de/advanced/search.php?\
q=sediment+core&minlat=-60&maxlat=-30&minlon=-180&maxlon=180&type=json"

# Filter by parameter (measurement type)
curl "https://www.pangaea.de/advanced/search.php?\
q=carbon+dioxide&param=Atmospheric+CO2&type=json"

# Filter by date range
curl "https://www.pangaea.de/advanced/search.php?\
q=Arctic+ice&mindate=2020-01-01&maxdate=2026-12-31&type=json"

ElasticSearch API

# Full-text search via Elasticsearch
curl -X POST "https://ws.pangaea.de/es/pangaea/panmd/_search" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "query": {
      "bool": {
        "must": [
          {"match": {"citation.title": "ocean temperature"}}
        ],
        "filter": [

Track record

Benchmark

21 / 21

test cases passed, vs 8 / 21 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v4 — 8/9/2026

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live_secretremote_code_executionreverse_shelldata_exfiltrationssrf_metadataagent_snoopinganti_refusaldestructive_commandsobfuscated_unicodeunicode_homoglyphopaque_blobsuspicious_urltool_overreachtrigger_abuseprompt_injection_phrasing

IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

brycewang-stanford / Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills

skills/43-wentorai-research-plugins/skills/domains/geoscience/pangaea-data-api/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

License NOASSERTIONImported 8/9/2026Version v1

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What's inside

PANGAEA Data Repository API

Overview

API Endpoints

Search API

ElasticSearch API

Track record

Benchmark

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