Agent skill

Bioconductor Spatialde

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

SpatialDE is a method to find spatially variable genes (SVG) from spatial transcriptomics data.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Bioconductor Spatialde

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb bioconductor-spatialde --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/spatialde .claude/skills/bioconductor-spatialde && 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-spatialde
GitHub stars
804
Token cost
~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
411 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
112
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

SpatialDE is a method to find spatially variable genes (SVG) from spatial transcriptomics data.

  • 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

What it does

Bioconductor Spatialde is an agent skill from bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb. SpatialDE is a method to find spatially variable genes (SVG) from spatial transcriptomics data. This package provides wrappers to use the Python SpatialDE library in R, using reticulate and basilisk.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k 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 Research & Science, covering Bioinformatics. It works with Python. 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

Example prompts

  • “/bioconductor-spatialde”

Requirements

  • Python 3

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 Spatialde loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 56 tokens; SKILL.md has 411 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~56
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.5k

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 411 words (~1,536 tokens).

“Identify, classify, and cluster spatially variable genes from raw count matrices and spatial coordinates.”

— opening of SKILL.md by bioMate-AI, Custom licence
name
bioconductor-spatialde
when_to_use
Use when: SpatialDE is a method to find spatially variable genes (SVG) from spatial transcriptomics data; stabilize using stabilize; regres out using…
user-invocable
false

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

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

Open the folder on GitHubat commit c9bd4d8

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Singlecell Qcxuzhougeng/wisp-science1k—~1.6kAutomated safety check: PassAGPL-3.0
Trackplotygidtu/trackplot109—~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassBSD-3-Clause
UniProt Database Accessdavila7/claude-code-templates32k14 repos~1.7kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Works with

Questions about Bioconductor Spatialde

What does Bioconductor Spatialde do?

SpatialDE is a method to find spatially variable genes (SVG) from spatial transcriptomics data. Bioconductor Spatialde is an agent skill from bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb. SpatialDE is a method to find spatially variable genes (SVG) from spatial transcriptomics data.

When should I use Bioconductor Spatialde?

Bioconductor Spatialde fits situations like: tasks that involve Bioinformatics.

How do I install Bioconductor Spatialde in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Bioconductor Spatialde in Codex?

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

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

What does Bioconductor Spatialde need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Bioconductor Spatialde is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Bioconductor Spatialde 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 Spatialde 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 Spatialde use?

Bioconductor Spatialde 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 Spatialde use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.1k 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 Spatialde?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Bioconductor Spatialde: Alphagenome Single Variant Analysis (google-deepmind/science-skills, 3.2k stars), 13C Metabolic Flux Analysis (K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills, 48k stars), Singlecell Qc (xuzhougeng/wisp-science, 1k stars) and Trackplot (ygidtu/trackplot, 109 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Bioconductor Spatialde?

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.