Agent skill

Bioconductor Faers

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

The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) is a database used for the spontaneous reporting of adverse events and medication errors related to human drugs and therapeutic biological products.

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Install Bioconductor Faers

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb bioconductor-faers --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/general/faers .claude/skills/bioconductor-faers && 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-faers
GitHub stars
804
Token cost
~822 tokens
SKILL.md length
247 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
112
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) is a database used for the spontaneous reporting of adverse events and medication errors related to human drugs and therapeutic biological products.

  • SKILL.md covers Workflows, When to Use, When NOT to Use and Data Requirements, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Bioconductor Faers is an agent skill from bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb. The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) is a database used for the spontaneous reporting of adverse events and medication errors related to human drugs and therapeutic biological products. faers pacakge serves as the interface between the FAERS database and R. Furthermore, faers pacakge offers a standardized approach for performing pharmacovigilance analysis.

Its SKILL.md is about 820 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

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.

Example prompts

  • “/bioconductor-faers”

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

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • 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 Faers loads about 822 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 97 tokens; SKILL.md has 247 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~97
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~822

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 247 words (~822 tokens).

“Input/Output Note: Inputs are year, quarter, and directory paths for FAERS raw data; outputs are standardized FAERS data tables and MedDRA hierarchy mappings.”

— opening of SKILL.md by bioMate-AI, Custom licence
name
bioconductor-faers
when_to_use
Use when: The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) is a database used for the spontaneous reporting of adverse events and me; FAERS-Pharmacovigilance…
user-invocable
false

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/general/faers of bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit c9bd4d8

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Reportmicrosoft/data-formulator18k—~1.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Adverse Event Narrativeaipoch/medical-research-skills1.9k—~3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Reportalirezarezvani/claude-skills28k1 repos~727Automated safety check: PassMIT
Bugcrowd Reportingsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills47k1 repos~5.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Bioconductor Faers

What does Bioconductor Faers do?

The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) is a database used for the spontaneous reporting of adverse events and medication errors related to human drugs and therapeutic biological products. Bioconductor Faers is an agent skill from bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb. The FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) is a database used for the spontaneous reporting of adverse events and medication errors related to human drugs and therapeutic biological products.

How do I install Bioconductor Faers in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Bioconductor Faers in Codex?

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

Can I use Bioconductor Faers 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-faers -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-faers, .gemini/skills/bioconductor-faers, .github/skills/bioconductor-faers and .opencode/skills/bioconductor-faers in your project.

What does Bioconductor Faers need to run?

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

Does Bioconductor Faers access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: bioconductor.org. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Bioconductor Faers 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 Faers use?

Bioconductor Faers 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 Faers use?

About 822 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.3k 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 Faers?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Bioconductor Faers: Reporting Adverse Events (maziyarpanahi/openmed, 5.5k stars), Report (microsoft/data-formulator, 18k stars), Adverse Event Narrative (aipoch/medical-research-skills, 1.9k stars) and Report (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Bioconductor Faers?

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.