Agent skill

Climate Science Guide

by wentorai in wentorai/research-plugins

Climate data analysis, modeling workflows, and carbon neutrality research met...

MITAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Climate Science Guide

skills CLI
$ npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill climate-science-guide -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install wentorai/research-plugins climate-science-guide --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/wentorai/research-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/domains/geoscience/climate-science-guide .claude/skills/climate-science-guide && 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
climate-science-guide
GitHub stars
298
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
178 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
405
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Climate data analysis, modeling workflows, and carbon neutrality research met...

  • Tasks that involve Physical and earth sciences
  • SKILL.md covers Climate Data Sources, Temperature Trend Analysis, Carbon Budget Analysis and Climate Visualization, plus 1 more section
  • Reaches storage.googleapis.com

What it does

Climate Science Guide is an agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins. Climate data analysis, modeling workflows, and carbon neutrality research met...

Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k 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 Physical and earth sciences. The repository describes itself as: 350+ academic research skills, MCP configs, and plugins for Research-Claw and AI agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Physical and earth sciences

Example prompts

  • “/climate-science-guide”

Requirements

  • Python 3

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit bf44b3c. 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 python).

    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:

    • storage.googleapis.com

    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

Climate Science Guide loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 26 tokens; SKILL.md has 178 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~26
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.4k

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

The full file from wentorai/research-plugins at commit bf44b3c, republished under its MIT licence (© wentorai). 178 words, ~1,362 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/climate-science-guide/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
climate-science-guide
description
Climate data analysis, modeling workflows, and carbon neutrality research met...

Climate Science Guide

A research skill for analyzing climate data, working with climate model outputs, and conducting carbon-related studies. Covers data sources, standard analytical workflows, and visualization techniques used in climate science publications.

Climate Data Sources

Observational Datasets
DatasetVariablesResolutionPeriodSource
ERA5Temperature, precipitation, wind, etc.0.25 deg, hourly1940-presentECMWF/Copernicus
GPCPPrecipitation2.5 deg, monthly1979-presentNASA
HadCRUT5Surface temperature anomaly5 deg, monthly1850-presentMet Office
NOAA GHCNStation temperature, precipitationPoint data1850-presentNOAA
CRU TSTemperature, precipitation, vapor pressure0.5 deg, monthly1901-presentUEA CRU
CMIP6 Model Outputs
python
import xarray as xr

def load_cmip6_data(model: str, experiment: str, variable: str,
                     member: str = 'r1i1p1f1') -> xr.Dataset:
    """
    Load CMIP6 model output from a local or cloud archive.

    Args:
        model: Model name (e.g., 'CESM2', 'UKESM1-0-LL')
        experiment: SSP scenario (e.g., 'ssp245', 'ssp585', 'historical')
        variable: Variable name (e.g., 'tas', 'pr', 'tos')
        member: Ensemble member ID
    """
    # Using Pangeo cloud catalog
    import intake
    catalog = intake.open_esm_datastore(
        "https://storage.googleapis.com/cmip6/pangeo-cmip6.json"
    )
    query = catalog.search(
        source_id=model,
        experiment_id=experiment,
        variable_id=variable,
        member_id=member,
        table_id='Amon'  # Monthly atmospheric data
    )
    ds = query.to_dataset_dict(zarr_kwargs={'consolidated': True})
    key = list(ds.keys())[0]
    return ds[key]

Temperature Trend Analysis

Computing Global Mean Temperature Anomaly
python
import numpy as np

def compute_global_mean_anomaly(ds: xr.Dataset, var: str = 'tas',
                                 baseline: tuple = (1850, 1900)) -> xr.DataArray:
    """
    Compute area-weighted global mean temperature anomaly
    relative to a baseline period.
    """
    # Area weighting by latitude
    weights = np.cos(np.deg2rad(ds.lat))
    weights = weights / weights.sum()

    # Global mean
    global_mean = ds[var].weighted(weights).mean(dim=['lat', 'lon'])

    # Baseline climatology
    baseline_mean = global_mean.sel(
        time=slice(str(baseline[0]), str(baseline[1]))
    ).mean('time')

    anomaly = global_mean - baseline_mean
    return anomaly

# Usage
# anomaly = compute_global_mean_anomaly(historical_ds)
# anomaly.plot()  # produces a time series of temperature anomaly

Carbon Budget Analysis

Emissions and Remaining Budget

Track cumulative CO2 emissions against the remaining carbon budget for temperature targets:

python
def carbon_budget_tracker(cumulative_emissions_gtco2: float,
                           target_warming: float = 1.5) -> dict:
    """
    Estimate remaining carbon budget.
    Based on IPCC AR6 estimates.
    """
    # IPCC AR6 remaining budget from 2020 (GtCO2)
    budgets = {
        1.5: {'50pct': 500, '67pct': 400, '83pct': 300},
        2.0: {'50pct': 1350, '67pct': 1150, '83pct': 900}
    }
    budget = budgets[target_warming]
    remaining = {prob: val - cumulative_emissions_gtco2
                 for prob, val in budget.items()}
    # At ~40 GtCO2/year current rate
    years_left = {prob: max(0, val / 40) for prob, val in remaining.items()}
    return {'remaining_budget_GtCO2': remaining, 'years_at_current_rate': years_left}

result = carbon_budget_tracker(cumulative_emissions_gtco2=200, target_warming=1.5)
print(result)

Climate Visualization

Spatial Maps with Cartopy
python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import cartopy.crs as ccrs

def plot_climate_map(data: xr.DataArray, title: str,
                      cmap: str = 'RdBu_r', vmin: float = None,
                      vmax: float = None):
    """Publication-quality climate map."""
    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(12, 6))
    ax = fig.add_subplot(1, 1, 1, projection=ccrs.Robinson())
    ax.coastlines(linewidth=0.5)
    ax.gridlines(draw_labels=True, linewidth=0.3, alpha=0.5)

    im = data.plot(ax=ax, transform=ccrs.PlateCarree(),
                   cmap=cmap, vmin=vmin, vmax=vmax,
                   add_colorbar=False)
    cbar = plt.colorbar(im, ax=ax, orientation='horizontal',
                         pad=0.05, shrink=0.7)
    cbar.set_label(data.attrs.get('units', ''))
    ax.set_title(title, fontsize=14)
    plt.tight_layout()
    return fig

Best Practices

  • Always report uncertainties: use multi-model ensembles and provide confidence intervals
  • Document data preprocessing steps for reproducibility
  • Use standardized calendar handling (cftime) for model outputs with non-standard calendars
  • Apply bias correction (e.g., quantile mapping) when comparing model outputs to observations
  • Follow FAIR data principles and cite datasets using their DOIs

© wentorai, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/domains/geoscience/climate-science-guide of wentorai/research-plugins.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit bf44b3c

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in wentorai/research-plugins, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Climate Science Guide

What does Climate Science Guide do?

Climate data analysis, modeling workflows, and carbon neutrality research met... Climate Science Guide is an agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins. Climate data analysis, modeling workflows, and carbon neutrality research met...

When should I use Climate Science Guide?

Climate Science Guide fits situations like: tasks that involve Physical and earth sciences.

How do I install Climate Science Guide in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill climate-science-guide -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/domains/geoscience/climate-science-guide in wentorai/research-plugins) into .claude/skills/climate-science-guide in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Climate Science Guide in Codex?

Run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill climate-science-guide -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/domains/geoscience/climate-science-guide in wentorai/research-plugins) into .agents/skills/climate-science-guide in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Climate Science Guide 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 wentorai/research-plugins --skill climate-science-guide -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/climate-science-guide, .gemini/skills/climate-science-guide, .github/skills/climate-science-guide and .opencode/skills/climate-science-guide in your project.

What does Climate Science Guide need to run?

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

Does Climate Science Guide access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: storage.googleapis.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Climate Science Guide 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 Climate Science Guide use?

Climate Science Guide is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Climate Science Guide use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Climate Science Guide?

wentorai (a GitHub user) maintains it in wentorai/research-plugins, which has 298 GitHub stars. The repository holds 405 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 19, 2026.

Source: wentorai/research-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.