Agent skill

Bioconductor Scdesign3

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

We present a statistical simulator, scDesign3, to generate realistic single-cell and spatial omics data, including various cell states, experimental designs, and feature modalities, by learning…

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Bioconductor Scdesign3

skills CLI
$ npx skills add bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb --skill bioconductor-scdesign3 -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb bioconductor-scdesign3 --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/transcriptomics/scdesign3 .claude/skills/bioconductor-scdesign3 && 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-scdesign3
GitHub stars
804
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
347 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
112
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

We present a statistical simulator, scDesign3, to generate realistic single-cell and spatial omics data, including various cell states, experimental designs, and feature modalities, by learning…

  • Tasks that involve Bioinformatics
  • 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
  • Tasks that involve Experimental design

What it does

Bioconductor Scdesign3 is an agent skill from bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb. We present a statistical simulator, scDesign3, to generate realistic single-cell and spatial omics data, including various cell states, experimental designs, and feature modalities, by learning interpretable parameters from real data. Using a unified probabilistic model for single-cell and spatial omics data, scDesign3 infers biologically meaningful parameters; assesses the goodness-of-fit of inferred cell clusters, trajectories, and spatial locations; and generates in silico negative and positi

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k 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 Research & Science, covering Bioinformatics and Experimental design. 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 Bioinformatics
  • Tasks that involve Experimental design

Example prompts

  • “/bioconductor-scdesign3”

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 Scdesign3 loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 131 tokens; SKILL.md has 347 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~131
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k

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 347 words (~1,252 tokens).

“Simulate a single-cell RNA-seq dataset with a continuous developmental trajectory from a reference dataset and visualize the simulation quality.”

— opening of SKILL.md by bioMate-AI, Custom licence
name
bioconductor-scdesign3
when_to_use
Use when: scDesign3-quickstart-vignette; Single-cell RNA-seq analysis (scDesign3). Not for: Requires R ≥ 4.3.0 and Bioconductor ≥ 3.16
user-invocable
false

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/transcriptomics/scdesign3 of bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit c9bd4d8

Compare with similar skills

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Bioconductor Scdesign3 this skillbioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb804—~1.3kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
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Aviv RegevK-Dense-AI/mimeographs129—~1.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Bio Splicing QcGPTomics/bioSkills1.2k2 repos~6.2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Bio Experimental Design Batch DesignGPTomics/bioSkills1.2k1 repos~4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Bio Experimental Design Multiple TestingGPTomics/bioSkills1.2k1 repos~3.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Bioconductor Scdesign3

What does Bioconductor Scdesign3 do?

We present a statistical simulator, scDesign3, to generate realistic single-cell and spatial omics data, including various cell states, experimental designs, and feature modalities, by learning…. Bioconductor Scdesign3 is an agent skill from bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb. We present a statistical simulator, scDesign3, to generate realistic single-cell and spatial omics data, including various cell states, experimental designs, and feature modalities, by learning interpretable parameters from real data.

When should I use Bioconductor Scdesign3?

Bioconductor Scdesign3 fits situations like: tasks that involve Bioinformatics; tasks that involve Experimental design.

How do I install Bioconductor Scdesign3 in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb --skill bioconductor-scdesign3 -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/transcriptomics/scdesign3 in bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb) into .claude/skills/bioconductor-scdesign3 in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Bioconductor Scdesign3 in Codex?

Run `npx skills add bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb --skill bioconductor-scdesign3 -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/transcriptomics/scdesign3 in bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb) into .agents/skills/bioconductor-scdesign3 in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Bioconductor Scdesign3 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-scdesign3 -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-scdesign3, .gemini/skills/bioconductor-scdesign3, .github/skills/bioconductor-scdesign3 and .opencode/skills/bioconductor-scdesign3 in your project.

What does Bioconductor Scdesign3 need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Bioconductor Scdesign3 is instructions for the agent only.

Does Bioconductor Scdesign3 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 Scdesign3 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 Scdesign3 use?

Bioconductor Scdesign3 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 Scdesign3 use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5k 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 Scdesign3?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Bioconductor Scdesign3: Metabolic Study Planner (aiming-lab/AutoResearchClaw, 15k stars), Aviv Regev (K-Dense-AI/mimeographs, 129 stars), Bio Splicing Qc (GPTomics/bioSkills, 1.2k stars) and Bio Experimental Design Batch Design (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 Bioconductor Scdesign3?

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.