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Official agent skill
Hcls Get Started
by aws-samples in aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences
A skill your agent uses when a developer asks how to get started building healthcare or life sciences agents, wants to understand the HCLS Agents Toolkit, or asks what's available in this repository.
Install Hcls Get Started
$ npx skills add aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences --skill hcls-get-started -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences hcls-get-started --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ 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/hcls-get-started .claude/skills/hcls-get-started && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "hcls-get-started" agent skill from https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences/tree/main/skills/hcls-get-started into .claude/skills/hcls-get-started/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hcls-get-started", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences/tree/main/skills/hcls-get-startedType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences --skill hcls-get-started -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences hcls-get-started --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/hcls-get-started .agents/skills/hcls-get-started && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "hcls-get-started" agent skill from https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences/tree/main/skills/hcls-get-started into .agents/skills/hcls-get-started/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hcls-get-started", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences --skill hcls-get-started -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences hcls-get-started --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/hcls-get-started .cursor/skills/hcls-get-started && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "hcls-get-started" agent skill from https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences/tree/main/skills/hcls-get-started into .cursor/skills/hcls-get-started/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hcls-get-started", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences.git --path skills/hcls-get-started--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences --skill hcls-get-started -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences hcls-get-started --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/hcls-get-started .gemini/skills/hcls-get-started && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "hcls-get-started" agent skill from https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences/tree/main/skills/hcls-get-started into .gemini/skills/hcls-get-started/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hcls-get-started", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences hcls-get-startedInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences --skill hcls-get-started -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/hcls-get-started .github/skills/hcls-get-started && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "hcls-get-started" agent skill from https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences/tree/main/skills/hcls-get-started into .github/skills/hcls-get-started/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hcls-get-started", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences --skill hcls-get-started -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences hcls-get-started --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/hcls-get-started .opencode/skills/hcls-get-started && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "hcls-get-started" agent skill from https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences/tree/main/skills/hcls-get-started into .opencode/skills/hcls-get-started/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hcls-get-started", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
hcls-get-started- GitHub stars
- 274
- Token cost
- ~607 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 235 words
- Files
- 3 (incl. scripts, references)
- Skills in repo
- 12
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT-0
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when a developer asks how to get started building healthcare or life sciences agents, wants to understand the HCLS Agents Toolkit, or asks what's available in this repository.
- Works in 3 steps: Skills — Domain workflow knowledge (this… → MCP Servers — Domain tools accessible… → Agent Catalog — 36+ production-ready…
- A developer asks how to get started building healthcare
- SKILL.md covers When to use this skill, Overview, Choosing Your Path and Architecture, plus 2 more sections
- Life sciences agents
What it does
Hcls Get Started is an agent skill from aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Use when a developer asks how to get started building healthcare or life sciences agents, wants to understand the HCLS Agents Toolkit, or asks what's available in this repository. Also use when someone asks about genomics, drug discovery, clinical trials, or biomarker agents on AWS.
Its SKILL.md is about 610 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including scripts and reference files.
It sits in Research & Science, covering Clinical and healthcare research, Drug discovery and cheminformatics and Bioinformatics. It works with Amazon Web Services and Model Context Protocol. The licence is MIT-0.
When your agent uses it
- A developer asks how to get started building healthcare
- Life sciences agents
- Wants to understand the HCLS Agents Toolkit
- Asks whats available in this repository
Example prompts
- “/hcls-get-started”
Workflow steps
3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Skills — Domain workflow knowledge (this directory: skills/)
- MCP Servers — Domain tools accessible from any MCP client (mcp-servers/)
- Agent Catalog — 36+ production-ready deployed agents (agents_catalog/)
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
Ships 1 file in scripts/, which the agent can run.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
github.comdocs.aws.amazon.com
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
Hcls Get Started loads about 607 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 75 tokens; SKILL.md has 235 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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); the scripts in this folder 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). 235 words, ~607 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/hcls-get-started/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- hcls-get-started
- description
- Use when a developer asks how to get started building healthcare or life sciences agents, wants to understand the HCLS Agents Toolkit, or asks what's available in this repository. Also use when someone asks about genomics, drug discovery, clinical trials, or biomarker agents on AWS.
Getting Started with the HCLS Agents Toolkit
When to use this skill
- Developer asks "how do I build an HCLS agent?"
- Developer asks "what agents are available for healthcare/life sciences?"
- Developer wants to understand the toolkit's architecture and offerings
Overview
The HCLS Agents Toolkit provides three types of resources:
- Skills — Domain workflow knowledge (this directory:
skills/) - MCP Servers — Domain tools accessible from any MCP client (
mcp-servers/) - Agent Catalog — 36+ production-ready deployed agents (
agents_catalog/)
Choosing Your Path
| Goal | Start here |
|---|---|
| Build a new HCLS agent from scratch | Use hcls-build-agent skill + agentcore_template/ |
| Deploy an existing catalog agent | Pick from agents_catalog/, follow its README |
| Connect domain tools to your IDE | Configure MCP servers from mcp-servers/ |
| Run HCLS workflows without deploying | Use skills + MCP servers directly in your assistant |
Architecture
Agents are composed from:
- Skills (knowledge) — SKILL.md files that teach workflows
- MCP tools (actions) — deployed via AgentCore Gateway/Runtime or configured from public servers
- Agent reasoning (orchestration) — system prompts + Strands framework + guardrails
Key References
- Agent catalog:
agents_catalog/(36+ agents across genomics, drug discovery, clinical trials, etc.) - Deployment templates:
agentcore_template/(backend) or FAST (full-stack) - Framework: Strands Agents
- Infrastructure: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore
Next Steps
- Browse skills by domain: genomics, drug discovery, clinical trials, biomarker, terminology
- Configure MCP servers for immediate tool access (see
mcp-servers/aws-public/andmcp-servers/third-party/) - Use
hcls-build-agentskill when ready to build a custom agent - Use
hcls-deploy-agentskill when ready to deploy to production
© aws-samples, MIT-0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 2 other files (scripts, references) in skills/hcls-get-started of aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences.
- SKILL.md
- references/.gitkeep
- scripts/.gitkeep
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9960565
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Hcls Get Started next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hcls Get Started this skillaws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences | 274 | — | ~607 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT-0 | |
| Biomedical Analysis Dispatchxjtulyc/MedgeClaw | 617 | 1 repos | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Tooluniverseynulihao/AgentSkillOS | 617 | 3 repos | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Tooluniverselamm-mit/scienceclaw | 244 | — | ~950 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Bio Workflow Management Nf Core PipelinesGPTomics/bioSkills | 1.2k | 1 repos | ~4.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| AWS Storageaws/agent-toolkit-for-aws | 2.8k | — | ~5.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about Hcls Get Started
What does Hcls Get Started do?
A skill your agent uses when a developer asks how to get started building healthcare or life sciences agents, wants to understand the HCLS Agents Toolkit, or asks what's available in this repository. Hcls Get Started is an agent skill from aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Use when a developer asks how to get started building healthcare or life sciences agents, wants to understand the HCLS Agents Toolkit, or asks what's available in this repository.
When should I use Hcls Get Started?
Hcls Get Started fits situations like: A developer asks how to get started building healthcare; life sciences agents; wants to understand the HCLS Agents Toolkit; asks whats available in this repository.
How do I install Hcls Get Started in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences --skill hcls-get-started -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/hcls-get-started in aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences) into .claude/skills/hcls-get-started in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Hcls Get Started in Codex?
Run `npx skills add aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences --skill hcls-get-started -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/hcls-get-started in aws-samples/amazon-bedrock-agents-healthcare-lifesciences) into .agents/skills/hcls-get-started in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Hcls Get Started 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 hcls-get-started -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/hcls-get-started, .gemini/skills/hcls-get-started, .github/skills/hcls-get-started and .opencode/skills/hcls-get-started in your project.
What does Hcls Get Started need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Hcls Get Started is instructions for the agent only.
Does Hcls Get Started access the network?
SKILL.md names 2 domains. As links in the text: github.com and docs.aws.amazon.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Hcls Get Started 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Hcls Get Started use?
Hcls Get Started 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 Hcls Get Started use?
About 607 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.4k 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 Hcls Get Started?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Hcls Get Started: Biomedical Analysis Dispatch (xjtulyc/MedgeClaw, 617 stars), Tooluniverse (ynulihao/AgentSkillOS, 617 stars), Tooluniverse (lamm-mit/scienceclaw, 244 stars) and Bio Workflow Management Nf Core Pipelines (GPTomics/bioSkills, 1.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Hcls Get Started?
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.