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tooluniverse-lab-protocols

Find and inspect published, peer-reviewed or community lab protocols from protocols.io — search by technique/keyword, pull a protocol's full description and materials list, or get its ordered step-by-step instructions. Use when someone asks to "find a protocol for X", "how do others do [technique]", "get the steps for protocol [ID/DOI]", or "check the materials list for this method" before designing or running a wet-lab experiment. NOT for designing a novel cloning/assembly strategy from scratch (use tooluniverse-molecular-cloning), NOT for primer design (use tooluniverse-primer-design). Honest: protocols.io requires an OAuth Bearer token (PROTOCOLS_IO_API_KEY) for every call, including public reads — without it these tools are blocked, not degraded.

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# Lab Protocol Discovery (protocols.io)

Find a published, step-by-step lab protocol before designing your own from scratch, or pull the exact steps/materials for a protocol someone already pointed you to.

## Honesty contract (read first)

[Credential-related source omitted]
2. **Never fabricate a protocol.** If the key is missing or a lookup fails, say so — do not describe a plausible-sounding protocol from memory and present it as if it came from protocols.io.
3. **Tokens expire (~1 year).** A previously-working key that starts failing with an auth error may simply need refreshing, not re-registering from scratch.

## When to Use This Skill

Apply when users:
- Want to find a published protocol for a specific technique before running it themselves (e.g., "is there a protocols.io method for lentiviral titering?")