Query, search, and download data from the openFDA API for drugs, devices, foods, tobacco, cosmetics, animal and veterinary products, substances, and transparency data. Use for FDA adverse events, recalls, labeling, approvals, shortages, 510(k) clearances, NDC lookups, and any FDA safety or regulatory data query across all 28 API endpoints.
uv: Read the uv skill and follow its Setup instructions to ensure
uv is installed and on PATH.
User Notification: If .licenses/openfda_database_LICENSE.txt does not
already exist in the workspace root directory then (1) prominently notify
the user to check the terms at https://open.fda.gov/apis/ and
https://open.fda.gov/license, then (2) create the file recording the
notification text and timestamp.
.env file: Make sure the .env file exists in your home directory.
Create one if it does not exist.
FDA_API_KEY (optional but recommended): Raises the daily request limit
from 1,000 to 120,000. The skill works without it, but an agent can easily
exhaust the keyless limit in a single session. You can register for a free
key at https://open.fda.gov/apis/authentication/. You MUST use the safe
credentials protocol in the credentials skill to check for and request
this key if this skill looks relevant to the user's request.
