Agent skill

Bioconductor Simpleseg

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

Image segmentation is the process of identifying the borders of individual objects (in this case cells) within an image.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Bioconductor Simpleseg

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb bioconductor-simpleseg --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/simpleseg .claude/skills/bioconductor-simpleseg && 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-simpleseg
GitHub stars
804
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
370 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
112
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Image segmentation is the process of identifying the borders of individual objects (in this case cells) within an image.

  • 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 Database schema design

What it does

Bioconductor Simpleseg is an agent skill from bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb. Image segmentation is the process of identifying the borders of individual objects (in this case cells) within an image. This allows for the features of cells such as marker expression and morphology to be extracted, stored and analysed. simpleSeg provides functionality for user friendly, watershed based segmentation on multiplexed cellular images in R based on the intensity of user specified protein marker channels. simpleSeg can also be used for the normalization of single cell data obtained f

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k 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 Database schema 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 Database schema design

Example prompts

  • “/bioconductor-simpleseg”

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 Simpleseg loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 131 tokens; SKILL.md has 370 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
~1.2k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 370 words (~1,238 tokens).

“Segment multiplexed images to identify cell boundaries, extract single-cell features, and normalize marker intensities.”

— opening of SKILL.md by bioMate-AI, Custom licence
name
bioconductor-simpleseg
when_to_use
Use when: "Introduction to simpleSeg"; Single-cell RNA-seq analysis (simpleSeg); Data normalization and preprocessing (simpleSeg). Not for: Requires R ≥ 3.5.0…
user-invocable
false

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

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

Open the folder on GitHubat commit c9bd4d8

Compare with similar skills

Bioconductor Simpleseg 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.

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Questions about Bioconductor Simpleseg

What does Bioconductor Simpleseg do?

Image segmentation is the process of identifying the borders of individual objects (in this case cells) within an image. Bioconductor Simpleseg is an agent skill from bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb. Image segmentation is the process of identifying the borders of individual objects (in this case cells) within an image.

When should I use Bioconductor Simpleseg?

Bioconductor Simpleseg fits situations like: tasks that involve Bioinformatics; tasks that involve Database schema design.

How do I install Bioconductor Simpleseg in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Bioconductor Simpleseg in Codex?

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

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

What does Bioconductor Simpleseg need to run?

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

Does Bioconductor Simpleseg 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 Simpleseg 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 Simpleseg use?

Bioconductor Simpleseg 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 Simpleseg use?

About 1.2k 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 Simpleseg?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Bioconductor Simpleseg: Tooluniverse Rnaseq Deseq2 (wu-yc/LabClaw, 1.1k stars), Bio Chipseq Differential Binding (GPTomics/bioSkills, 1.2k stars), Bio Chipseq Visualization (GPTomics/bioSkills, 1.2k stars) and Bio Geo Data (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 Simpleseg?

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.