Tools

Integration with protocols.io API for managing scientific protocols. This skill should be used when working with protocols.io to search, create, update, or publish protocols; manage protocol steps and materials; handle discussions and comments; organize workspaces; upload and manage files; or integrate protocols.io functionality into workflows. Applicable for protocol discovery, collaborative protocol development, experiment tracking, lab protocol management, and scientific documentation.

Build slide decks and presentations for research talks. Use this for making PowerPoint slides, conference presentations, seminar talks, research presentations, thesis defense slides, or any scientific talk. Provides slide structure, design templates, timing guidance, and visual validation. Works with PowerPoint and LaTeX Beamer.

Direct REST API access to UniProt. Protein searches, FASTA retrieval, ID mapping, Swiss-Prot/TrEMBL. For Python workflows with multiple databases, prefer bioservices (unified interface to 40+ services). Use this for direct HTTP/REST work or UniProt-specific control.

CLI/Python toolkit for rapid bioinformatics queries. Preferred for quick BLAST searches. Access to 20+ databases: gene info (Ensembl/UniProt), AlphaFold, ARCHS4, Enrichr, OpenTargets, COSMIC, genome downloads. For advanced BLAST/batch processing, use biopython. For multi-database integration, use bioservices.

Comprehensive toolkit for survival analysis and time-to-event modeling in Python using scikit-survival. Use this skill when working with censored survival data, performing time-to-event analysis, fitting Cox models, Random Survival Forests, Gradient Boosting models, or Survival SVMs, evaluating survival predictions with concordance index or Brier score, handling competing risks, or implementing any survival analysis workflow with the scikit-survival library.

Direct REST API access to PubMed. Advanced Boolean/MeSH queries, E-utilities API, batch processing, citation management. For Python workflows, prefer biopython (Bio.Entrez). Use this for direct HTTP/REST work or custom API implementations.

Infer gene regulatory networks (GRNs) from gene expression data using scalable algorithms (GRNBoost2, GENIE3). Use when analyzing transcriptomics data (bulk RNA-seq, single-cell RNA-seq) to identify transcription factor-target gene relationships and regulatory interactions. Supports distributed computation for large-scale datasets.

Toolkit for creating animated GIFs optimized for Slack, with validators for size constraints and composable animation primitives. This skill applies when users request animated GIFs or emoji animations for Slack from descriptions like "make me a GIF for Slack of X doing Y".

Extract text and tables from PDF files, fill forms, merge documents. Use when working with PDF files or when the user mentions PDFs, forms, or document extraction.

Statistical modeling toolkit. OLS, GLM, logistic, ARIMA, time series, hypothesis tests, diagnostics, AIC/BIC, for rigorous statistical inference and econometric analysis.

This skill should be used when working with annotated data matrices in Python, particularly for single-cell genomics analysis, managing experimental measurements with metadata, or handling large-scale biological datasets. Use when tasks involve AnnData objects, h5ad files, single-cell RNA-seq data, or integration with scanpy/scverse tools.

Guide for creating effective skills. This skill should be used when users want to create a new skill (or update an existing skill) that extends Claude's capabilities with specialized knowledge, workflows, or tool integrations.

Comprehensive quantum computing toolkit for building, optimizing, and executing quantum circuits. Use when working with quantum algorithms, simulations, or quantum hardware including (1) Building quantum circuits with gates and measurements, (2) Running quantum algorithms (VQE, QAOA, Grover), (3) Transpiling/optimizing circuits for hardware, (4) Executing on IBM Quantum or other providers, (5) Quantum chemistry and materials science, (6) Quantum machine learning, (7) Visualizing circuits and results, or (8) Any quantum computing development task.

Comprehensive biosignal processing toolkit for analyzing physiological data including ECG, EEG, EDA, RSP, PPG, EMG, and EOG signals. Use this skill when processing cardiovascular signals, brain activity, electrodermal responses, respiratory patterns, muscle activity, or eye movements. Applicable for heart rate variability analysis, event-related potentials, complexity measures, autonomic nervous system assessment, psychophysiology research, and multi-modal physiological signal integration.

Laboratory automation toolkit for controlling liquid handlers, plate readers, pumps, heater shakers, incubators, centrifuges, and analytical equipment. Use this skill when automating laboratory workflows, programming liquid handling robots (Hamilton STAR, Opentrons OT-2, Tecan EVO), integrating lab equipment, managing deck layouts and resources (plates, tips, containers), reading plates, or creating reproducible laboratory protocols. Applicable for both simulated protocols and physical hardware control.

EU MDR 2017/745 regulation specialist and consultant for medical device requirement management. Provides comprehensive MDR compliance expertise, gap analysis, technical documentation guidance, clinical evidence requirements, and post-market surveillance implementation. Use for MDR compliance assessment, classification decisions, technical file preparation, and regulatory requirement interpretation.

Query NCBI ClinVar for variant clinical significance. Search by gene/position, interpret pathogenicity classifications, access via E-utilities API or FTP, annotate VCFs, for genomic medicine.

Benchling R&D platform integration. Access registry (DNA, proteins), inventory, ELN entries, workflows via API, build Benchling Apps, query Data Warehouse, for lab data management automation.

Python library for working with DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) files. Use this skill when reading, writing, or modifying medical imaging data in DICOM format, extracting pixel data from medical images (CT, MRI, X-ray, ultrasound), anonymizing DICOM files, working with DICOM metadata and tags, converting DICOM images to other formats, handling compressed DICOM data, or processing medical imaging datasets. Applies to tasks involving medical image analysis, PACS systems, radiology workflows, and healthcare imaging applications.

Access ClinPGx pharmacogenomics data (successor to PharmGKB). Query gene-drug interactions, CPIC guidelines, allele functions, for precision medicine and genotype-guided dosing decisions.