Agent skill

Bioconductor Spotclean

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

SpotClean is a computational method to adjust for spot swapping in spatial transcriptomics data.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Bioconductor Spotclean

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

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

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

At a glance

SpotClean is a computational method to adjust for spot swapping in 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
  • Tasks that involve Slides and decks

What it does

Bioconductor Spotclean is an agent skill from bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb. SpotClean is a computational method to adjust for spot swapping in spatial transcriptomics data. Recent spatial transcriptomics experiments utilize slides containing thousands of spots with spot-specific barcodes that bind mRNA. Ideally, unique molecular identifiers at a spot measure spot-specific expression, but this is often not the case due to bleed from nearby spots, an artifact we refer to as spot swapping. SpotClean is able to estimate the contamination rate in observed data and decontamin

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 and Slides and decks. 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 Slides and decks

Example prompts

  • “/bioconductor-spotclean”

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):

    • doi.org
    • 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 Spotclean loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 131 tokens; SKILL.md has 449 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
~1.5k

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 449 words (~1,476 tokens).

“Load raw 10x Visium Space Ranger output, perform decontamination, visualize results, and convert to a Seurat object.”

— opening of SKILL.md by bioMate-AI, Custom licence
name
bioconductor-spotclean
when_to_use
Use when: SpotClean; Single-cell RNA-seq analysis (SpotClean). Not for: Requires R ≥ 4.2.0 and Bioconductor ≥ 3.16
user-invocable
false

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

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

Open the folder on GitHubat commit c9bd4d8

Compare with similar skills

Bioconductor Spotclean 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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Bioconductor Spotclean this skillbioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb804—~1.5kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Single2spatial Spatial MappingFreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills3.1k2 repos~994Automated safety check: PassNone
Bio Spatial Transcriptomics Spatial MultiomicsFreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills3.1k1 repos~1.6kAutomated safety check: PassNone
Pathmldavila7/claude-code-templates33k11 repos~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Deepspot MK-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills48k1 repos~2.5kAutomated safety check: NotesPolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0
Bio Spatial Transcriptomics Spatial Data IoFreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills3.1k1 repos~2kAutomated safety check: PassNone

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Questions about Bioconductor Spotclean

What does Bioconductor Spotclean do?

SpotClean is a computational method to adjust for spot swapping in spatial transcriptomics data. Bioconductor Spotclean is an agent skill from bioMate-AI/biomate-bioconductor-kb. SpotClean is a computational method to adjust for spot swapping in spatial transcriptomics data.

When should I use Bioconductor Spotclean?

Bioconductor Spotclean fits situations like: tasks that involve Bioinformatics; tasks that involve Slides and decks.

How do I install Bioconductor Spotclean in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Bioconductor Spotclean in Codex?

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

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

What does Bioconductor Spotclean need to run?

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

Does Bioconductor Spotclean access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. As links in the text: doi.org and bioconductor.org. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Bioconductor Spotclean 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 Spotclean use?

Bioconductor Spotclean 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 Spotclean use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.9k 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 Spotclean?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Bioconductor Spotclean: Single2spatial Spatial Mapping (FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills, 3.1k stars), Bio Spatial Transcriptomics Spatial Multiomics (FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills, 3.1k stars), Pathml (davila7/claude-code-templates, 33k stars) and Deepspot M (K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills, 48k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Bioconductor Spotclean?

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.