Agent skill

Bioconductor Biomart

by bioMate-AI in bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb

In recent years a wealth of biological data has become available in public data repositories.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedData & Analytics

Install Bioconductor Biomart

skills CLI
$ npx skills add bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb --skill bioconductor-biomart -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb bioconductor-biomart --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/bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/annotation/biomart .claude/skills/bioconductor-biomart && 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
bioconductor-biomart
GitHub stars
804
Token cost
~4.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,656 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
112
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

In recent years a wealth of biological data has become available in public data repositories.

  • Tasks that involve Data analysis
  • SKILL.md covers Dependencies & Environment, When to Use, Do NOT Use When and Data Requirements, plus 10 more sections
  • Reaches grch37.ensembl.org and sep2025.archive.ensembl.org
  • Tasks that involve Bioinformatics

What it does

Bioconductor Biomart is an agent skill from bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb. In recent years a wealth of biological data has become available in public data repositories. Easy access to these valuable data resources and firm integration with data analysis is needed for comprehensive bioinformatics data analysis. bio

Its SKILL.md is about 4.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Data & Analytics, covering Data analysis and Bioinformatics. It works with Ensembl and NCBI. The repository describes itself as: BioMate-KB Bioconductor Skills — 200 packages (top 100 by downloads + 100 rising stars) as vignette-grounded Claude/agent skills, with per-package workflow recipes.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Data analysis
  • Tasks that involve Bioinformatics

Example prompts

  • “/bioconductor-biomart”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit c9bd4d8. 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 (its code samples are r).

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

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • grch37.ensembl.org
    • sep2025.archive.ensembl.org
    • may2025.archive.ensembl.org
    • oct2024.archive.ensembl.org
    • may2024.archive.ensembl.org
    • jan2024.archive.ensembl.org
    • jul2023.archive.ensembl.org
    • feb2023.archive.ensembl.org
    • oct2022.archive.ensembl.org
    • jul2022.archive.ensembl.org

    Also links to:

    • bioconductor.org
    • biomate.ai
    • pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
    • ensembl.org
    • support.bioconductor.org

    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

Bioconductor Biomart loads about 4.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 65 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,656 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~65
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~4.5k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,656 words (~4,523 tokens).

“Query Ensembl BioMart databases to retrieve gene annotations, ID conversions, sequence retrieval, and cross-species homology information.”

— opening of SKILL.md by bioMate-AI, Custom licence
name
bioconductor-biomart
when_to_use
Use when: Convert between gene IDs (Ensembl → HGNC symbol → Entrez → RefSeq); Retrieve gene coordinates, GO terms, pathway annotations; Get protein sequences…
user-invocable
false

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/annotation/biomart of bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit c9bd4d8

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Works with

Questions about Bioconductor Biomart

What does Bioconductor Biomart do?

In recent years a wealth of biological data has become available in public data repositories. Bioconductor Biomart is an agent skill from bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb. In recent years a wealth of biological data has become available in public data repositories.

When should I use Bioconductor Biomart?

Bioconductor Biomart fits situations like: tasks that involve Data analysis; tasks that involve Bioinformatics.

How do I install Bioconductor Biomart in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb --skill bioconductor-biomart -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/annotation/biomart in bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb) into .claude/skills/bioconductor-biomart in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Bioconductor Biomart in Codex?

Run `npx skills add bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb --skill bioconductor-biomart -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/annotation/biomart in bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb) into .agents/skills/bioconductor-biomart in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Bioconductor Biomart 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 bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb --skill bioconductor-biomart -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/bioconductor-biomart, .gemini/skills/bioconductor-biomart, .github/skills/bioconductor-biomart and .opencode/skills/bioconductor-biomart in your project.

What does Bioconductor Biomart need to run?

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

Does Bioconductor Biomart access the network?

SKILL.md names 15 domains. In commands or code: grch37.ensembl.org, sep2025.archive.ensembl.org, may2025.archive.ensembl.org, oct2024.archive.ensembl.org, may2024.archive.ensembl.org, jan2024.archive.ensembl.org, jul2023.archive.ensembl.org, feb2023.archive.ensembl.org, oct2022.archive.ensembl.org and jul2022.archive.ensembl.org; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: bioconductor.org, biomate.ai, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, ensembl.org and support.bioconductor.org. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Bioconductor Biomart 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 Bioconductor Biomart use?

Bioconductor Biomart has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Bioconductor Biomart use?

About 4.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 18k 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 Bioconductor Biomart?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Bioconductor Biomart: Bulkrna Geneid Mapping (TianGzlab/OmicsClaw, 161 stars), Exploratory Data Analysis (spacering-net/codeg, 3.9k stars), Pyopenms (davila7/claude-code-templates, 33k stars) and Gwas Database (davila7/claude-code-templates, 33k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Bioconductor Biomart?

bioMate-AI (a GitHub organization) maintains it in bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb, which has 804 GitHub stars. The repository holds 112 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 20, 2026.

Source: bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.