Official agent skill

Biomarker Pathway Analysis

by aws-samples in aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences

A skill your agent uses when a researcher needs to analyze biological pathways for biomarker discovery, map disease mechanisms to druggable targets using Reactome/KEGG, identify pathway enrichment…

OfficialMIT-0Auto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Biomarker Pathway Analysis

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences --skill biomarker-pathway-analysis -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences biomarker-pathway-analysis --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/biomarker-pathway-analysis .claude/skills/biomarker-pathway-analysis && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
biomarker-pathway-analysis
GitHub stars
274
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
484 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
12
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT-0

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when a researcher needs to analyze biological pathways for biomarker discovery, map disease mechanisms to druggable targets using Reactome/KEGG, identify pathway enrichment…

  • Works in 5 steps: Identify the gene set of interest → Query pathway databases → Map pathway hierarchy → …
  • A researcher needs to analyze biological pathways for biomarker discovery
  • SKILL.md covers When to use this skill, MCP Server: biomni-research, Workflow: Pathway-Based… and Pathway Analysis Patterns, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Biomarker Pathway Analysis is an agent skill from aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Use when a researcher needs to analyze biological pathways for biomarker discovery, map disease mechanisms to druggable targets using Reactome/KEGG, identify pathway enrichment from gene sets, or understand mechanism-of-action for candidate biomarkers.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files.

It sits in Research & Science. The licence is MIT-0.

When your agent uses it

  • A researcher needs to analyze biological pathways for biomarker discovery
  • Map disease mechanisms to druggable targets using Reactome/KEGG
  • Identify pathway enrichment from gene sets
  • Understand mechanism-of-action for candidate biomarkers

Example prompts

  • “/biomarker-pathway-analysis”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Identify the gene set of interest
  2. Query pathway databases
  3. Map pathway hierarchy
  4. Identify druggable targets in pathway
  5. Build pathway-to-biomarker rationale

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9960565. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Biomarker Pathway Analysis loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 70 tokens; SKILL.md has 484 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~70
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences at commit 9960565, republished under its MIT-0 licence (© aws-samples). 484 words, ~1,186 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/biomarker-pathway-analysis/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
biomarker-pathway-analysis
description
Use when a researcher needs to analyze biological pathways for biomarker discovery, map disease mechanisms to druggable targets using Reactome/KEGG, identify pathway enrichment from gene sets, or understand mechanism-of-action for candidate biomarkers.

Biomarker Pathway Analysis

When to use this skill

  • Researcher asks which pathways a gene/biomarker belongs to
  • Identify druggable targets within a disease pathway
  • Map metagene clusters to biological mechanisms
  • Understand mechanism-of-action for candidate biomarkers
  • Perform pathway enrichment analysis on a gene set

MCP Server: biomni-research

Pathway analysis uses the biomni-research MCP server. Tools are discovered automatically — ask your question naturally and Claude will find the right tool.

Workflow: Pathway-Based Biomarker Discovery

Step 1: Identify the gene set of interest

Sources for gene sets:

  • Output from biomarker-database-analysis (top genes by p-value)
  • Known cancer driver genes (e.g., EGFR, KRAS, TP53, BRCA1/2)
  • Metagene clusters from expression analysis
  • Differentially expressed genes from cohort comparison
Step 2: Query pathway databases

Use the biomni-research server with natural language queries:

GoalQuery approach
Find pathways for a gene"EGFR signaling pathways in Reactome"
Find disease pathways"pathways involved in non-small cell lung cancer"
Get pathway interactions"protein interaction network for CDK4" via STRING
Validate drug targets"CDK4 drug target tractability" via Open Targets
Cross-reference function"CDK4 molecular function and biological process" via UniProt
Step 3: Map pathway hierarchy

Reactome organizes pathways hierarchically. Navigate from broad to specific:

Top-level: Signal Transduction
  -> RAS signaling
    -> KRAS activation
      -> Downstream effectors (RAF, MEK, ERK)

Decision tree for pathway depth:

  • Broad overview needed -> Query top-level pathways only
  • Mechanism-of-action -> Drill into sub-pathways with specific reactions
  • Drug target identification -> Find terminal nodes with known inhibitors
Step 4: Identify druggable targets in pathway

For each pathway hit, assess druggability:

  1. Query Open Targets for tractability assessment:

    • Small molecule tractable
    • Antibody tractable
    • Other modalities (PROTAC, gene therapy)
  2. Check existing drugs:

    • Approved drugs targeting this pathway node
    • Clinical trial compounds (Phase I-III)
    • Tool compounds for validation
  3. Prioritize by:

    • Distance from disease-associated node (closer = better)
    • Number of approved drugs (validated target)
    • Safety profile of existing modulators
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Step 5: Build pathway-to-biomarker rationale

Connect pathway findings back to biomarker candidates:

Gene (biomarker candidate)
  -> Pathway membership (Reactome)
    -> Disease relevance (pathway implicated in condition)
      -> Mechanistic explanation (how gene contributes to disease)
        -> Clinical utility (can measure this to stratify patients)

Pathway Analysis Patterns

EGFR pathway in NSCLC:

  • Query: EGFR, KRAS, ALK, ROS1, BRAF, MET, HER2, RET
  • Pathways: RTK signaling, RAS-MAPK, PI3K-AKT-mTOR
  • Biomarker implication: Mutation status predicts TKI response

Metagene cluster interpretation:

  • Cluster of co-expressed genes -> query each for pathway membership
  • Identify shared pathways -> that pathway drives the co-expression
  • Example: GDF15, POSTN, VCAN cluster -> TGF-beta / extracellular matrix remodeling

Survival-associated pathway enrichment:

  1. Take top 10 genes by Cox regression p-value
  2. Query Reactome for each gene
  3. Count pathway overlaps (enrichment)
  4. Pathways with 3+ genes = significantly enriched

Decision Framework: When to Use Pathway Analysis

ScenarioRecommended approach
Single gene of interestQuery Reactome + UniProt for function context
Gene panel (5-20 genes)Pathway enrichment: find shared pathways
Drug target validationOpen Targets tractability + existing drugs
Mechanism explanationFull pathway walk: gene -> pathway -> disease
Novel biomarker discoveryCombine pathway + expression + survival data

Conventions

  • Always report pathway evidence level (curated vs. inferred)
  • Include Reactome stable IDs (R-HSA-xxxxx) for reproducibility
  • For STRING interactions, use confidence threshold >= 0.7 (high confidence)
  • When multiple pathways match, rank by: disease relevance > gene count > evidence level
  • Cross-reference pathway findings with literature (PubMed) for validation

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Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/biomarker-pathway-analysis of aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/.gitkeep

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9960565

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Questions about Biomarker Pathway Analysis

What does Biomarker Pathway Analysis do?

A skill your agent uses when a researcher needs to analyze biological pathways for biomarker discovery, map disease mechanisms to druggable targets using Reactome/KEGG, identify pathway enrichment…. Biomarker Pathway Analysis is an agent skill from aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Use when a researcher needs to analyze biological pathways for biomarker discovery, map disease mechanisms to druggable targets using Reactome/KEGG, identify pathway enrichment from gene sets, or understand mechanism-of-action for candidate biomarkers.

When should I use Biomarker Pathway Analysis?

Biomarker Pathway Analysis fits situations like: A researcher needs to analyze biological pathways for biomarker discovery; map disease mechanisms to druggable targets using Reactome/KEGG; identify pathway enrichment from gene sets; understand mechanism-of-action for candidate biomarkers.

How do I install Biomarker Pathway Analysis in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences --skill biomarker-pathway-analysis -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/biomarker-pathway-analysis in aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences) into .claude/skills/biomarker-pathway-analysis in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Biomarker Pathway Analysis in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences --skill biomarker-pathway-analysis -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/biomarker-pathway-analysis in aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences) into .agents/skills/biomarker-pathway-analysis in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Biomarker Pathway Analysis in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences --skill biomarker-pathway-analysis -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/biomarker-pathway-analysis, .gemini/skills/biomarker-pathway-analysis, .github/skills/biomarker-pathway-analysis and .opencode/skills/biomarker-pathway-analysis in your project.

What does Biomarker Pathway Analysis need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Biomarker Pathway Analysis is instructions for the agent only.

Does Biomarker Pathway Analysis access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Biomarker Pathway Analysis safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Biomarker Pathway Analysis use?

Biomarker Pathway Analysis is published under the MIT-0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Biomarker Pathway Analysis use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Biomarker Pathway Analysis?

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Who maintains Biomarker Pathway Analysis?

aws-samples (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences, which has 274 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 1, 2026.

Source: aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.