How to use the Adaptyv Bio Foundry API and Python SDK for protein experiment design, submission, and results retrieval.

Custom licenceAuto-check: notesResearch & Science

Install Adaptyv

skills CLI
$ npx skills add BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill adaptyv -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills adaptyv --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/BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/kdense/adaptyv .claude/skills/adaptyv && 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
adaptyv
GitHub stars
199
Token cost
~1.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
499 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
23
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

How to use the Adaptyv Bio Foundry API and Python SDK for protein experiment design, submission, and results retrieval.

  • Works in 3 steps: Submit a Binding Screen (Step by Step) → Automated Pipeline (Skip Draft +… → Using Webhooks
  • The user mentions Adaptyv
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Start, Python SDK, Experiment Types and Experiment Lifecycle, plus 6 more sections
  • Calls uv and curl; reaches foundry-api-public.adaptyvbio.com; needs ADAPTYV_API_KEY and FOUNDRY_API_TOKEN

What it does

Adaptyv is an agent skill from BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills. How to use the Adaptyv Bio Foundry API and Python SDK for protein experiment design, submission, and results retrieval. Use this skill whenever the user mentions Adaptyv, Foundry API, protein binding assays, protein screening experiments, BLI/SPR assays, thermostability assays, or wants to submit protein sequences for experimental characterization. Also trigger when code imports adaptyv, adaptyvsdk, or FoundryClient, or references foundry-api-public.adaptyvbio.com.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/api-endpoints.md`).

It sits in Research & Science, covering Experimental design. It works with Python. The repository describes itself as: A curated collection of AI agent skills for biomedical research, covering genomics, proteomics, single-cell analysis, clinical AI, and protein design.

When your agent uses it

  • The user mentions Adaptyv
  • Protein binding assays
  • Protein screening experiments
  • Thermostability assays

Example prompts

  • “/adaptyv”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • A credential in ADAPTYV_API_KEY
  • A credential in FOUNDRY_API_TOKEN

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Submit a Binding Screen (Step by Step)
  2. Automated Pipeline (Skip Draft + Auto-Accept Quote)
  3. Using Webhooks

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8cbdd18. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • uv
    • curl

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • foundry-api-public.adaptyvbio.com

    Also links to:

    • foundry.adaptyvbio.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • ADAPTYV_API_KEY
    • FOUNDRY_API_TOKEN

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Adaptyv loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs, and up to ~6.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 122 tokens; SKILL.md has 499 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~122
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.9k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~6.9k

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: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:17
    nt variable `ADAPTYV_API_KEY` or from a `.env` file — never hardcode tokens. Check for a `.env` file in the project root
  • NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:25
    tore tokens in environment variables or `.env` files — never commit them to source control.
  • NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:31
    nvironment variables** (set in shell or `.env` file):

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 499 words (~1,900 tokens).

“Adaptyv Bio is a cloud lab that turns protein sequences into experimental data. Users submit amino acid sequences via API or UI; Adaptyv's automated lab runs assays (binding, thermostability, expression, fluorescence) and delivers results in ~21 days.”

— opening of SKILL.md by BioTender-max, Custom licence
name
adaptyv
author
K-Dense, Inc.

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/kdense/adaptyv of BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/api-endpoints.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8cbdd18

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Bio Experimental Design Multiple TestingGPTomics/bioSkills1.2k1 repos~3.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Works with

Questions about Adaptyv

What does Adaptyv do?

How to use the Adaptyv Bio Foundry API and Python SDK for protein experiment design, submission, and results retrieval. Adaptyv is an agent skill from BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills. How to use the Adaptyv Bio Foundry API and Python SDK for protein experiment design, submission, and results retrieval.

When should I use Adaptyv?

Adaptyv fits situations like: the user mentions Adaptyv; protein binding assays; protein screening experiments; thermostability assays.

How do I install Adaptyv in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill adaptyv -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/kdense/adaptyv in BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/adaptyv in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Adaptyv in Codex?

Run `npx skills add BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill adaptyv -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/kdense/adaptyv in BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/adaptyv in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Adaptyv 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 BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill adaptyv -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/adaptyv, .gemini/skills/adaptyv, .github/skills/adaptyv and .opencode/skills/adaptyv in your project.

What does Adaptyv need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Adaptyv needs the command-line tools its instructions call (uv and curl) and credentials named ADAPTYV_API_KEY and FOUNDRY_API_TOKEN. Our summary lists: Python 3; A credential in ADAPTYV_API_KEY; A credential in FOUNDRY_API_TOKEN.

Does Adaptyv access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. In commands or code: foundry-api-public.adaptyvbio.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: foundry.adaptyvbio.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Adaptyv safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (mentions a .env file), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Adaptyv use?

Adaptyv 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 Adaptyv use?

About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 5k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Adaptyv?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Adaptyv: Analytical Method Validation Planner (K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills, 48k stars), Light Experiment Coding (Light0305/Light-skills, 640 stars), Analyze Stats (Aperivue/medsci-skills, 331 stars) and Calc Sample Size (Aperivue/medsci-skills, 331 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Adaptyv?

BioTender-max (a GitHub user) maintains it in BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills, which has 199 GitHub stars. The repository holds 23 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 1, 2026.

Source: BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.