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davila7/claude-code-templates
Genomic file toolkit. An agent skill from davila7/claude-code-templates.
Mark and remove PCR/optical duplicates using samtools fixmate and markdup.
$ npx skills add GPTomics/bioSkills --skill bio-duplicate-handling -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install GPTomics/bioSkills bio-duplicate-handling --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GPTomics/bioSkills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/alignment-files/duplicate-handling .claude/skills/bio-duplicate-handling && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "bio-duplicate-handling" agent skill from https://github.com/GPTomics/bioSkills/tree/main/alignment-files/duplicate-handling into .claude/skills/bio-duplicate-handling/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bio-duplicate-handling", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/GPTomics/bioSkills/tree/main/alignment-files/duplicate-handlingType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add GPTomics/bioSkills --skill bio-duplicate-handling -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install GPTomics/bioSkills bio-duplicate-handling --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GPTomics/bioSkills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/alignment-files/duplicate-handling .agents/skills/bio-duplicate-handling && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "bio-duplicate-handling" agent skill from https://github.com/GPTomics/bioSkills/tree/main/alignment-files/duplicate-handling into .agents/skills/bio-duplicate-handling/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bio-duplicate-handling", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add GPTomics/bioSkills --skill bio-duplicate-handling -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install GPTomics/bioSkills bio-duplicate-handling --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GPTomics/bioSkills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/alignment-files/duplicate-handling .cursor/skills/bio-duplicate-handling && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "bio-duplicate-handling" agent skill from https://github.com/GPTomics/bioSkills/tree/main/alignment-files/duplicate-handling into .cursor/skills/bio-duplicate-handling/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bio-duplicate-handling", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/GPTomics/bioSkills.git --path alignment-files/duplicate-handling--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add GPTomics/bioSkills --skill bio-duplicate-handling -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install GPTomics/bioSkills bio-duplicate-handling --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GPTomics/bioSkills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/alignment-files/duplicate-handling .gemini/skills/bio-duplicate-handling && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "bio-duplicate-handling" agent skill from https://github.com/GPTomics/bioSkills/tree/main/alignment-files/duplicate-handling into .gemini/skills/bio-duplicate-handling/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bio-duplicate-handling", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install GPTomics/bioSkills bio-duplicate-handlingInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add GPTomics/bioSkills --skill bio-duplicate-handling -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GPTomics/bioSkills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/alignment-files/duplicate-handling .github/skills/bio-duplicate-handling && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "bio-duplicate-handling" agent skill from https://github.com/GPTomics/bioSkills/tree/main/alignment-files/duplicate-handling into .github/skills/bio-duplicate-handling/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bio-duplicate-handling", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add GPTomics/bioSkills --skill bio-duplicate-handling -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install GPTomics/bioSkills bio-duplicate-handling --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GPTomics/bioSkills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/alignment-files/duplicate-handling .opencode/skills/bio-duplicate-handling && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "bio-duplicate-handling" agent skill from https://github.com/GPTomics/bioSkills/tree/main/alignment-files/duplicate-handling into .opencode/skills/bio-duplicate-handling/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bio-duplicate-handling", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
bio-duplicate-handlingMark and remove PCR/optical duplicates using samtools fixmate and markdup.
Bio Duplicate Handling is an agent skill from GPTomics/bioSkills. Mark and remove PCR/optical duplicates using samtools fixmate and markdup. Use when preparing alignments for variant calling or when duplicate reads would bias analysis.
Its SKILL.md is about 3.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files (for example `examples/markdup_pipeline.sh` and `usage-guide.md`).
It sits in Research & Science, covering Bioinformatics. It works with pysam. The repository describes itself as: a set of SKILLS.md for doing bioinformatics with agents like claude code. The licence is MIT.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d91ed3d. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
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.
Ships script files (Shell), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
javapipFrom the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Bio Duplicate Handling loads about 3.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 48 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,257 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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.
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.
The full file from GPTomics/bioSkills at commit d91ed3d, republished under its MIT licence (© GPTomics). 1,257 words, ~3,702 tokens.
.claude/skills/bio-duplicate-handling/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.Reference examples tested with: picard 3.1+, pysam 0.22+, samtools 1.19+
Before using code patterns, verify installed versions match. If versions differ:
pip show <package> then help(module.function) to check signatures<tool> --version then <tool> --help to confirm flagsIf code throws ImportError, AttributeError, or TypeError, introspect the installed package and adapt the example to match the actual API rather than retrying.
"Remove PCR duplicates from my BAM file" -> Mark or remove duplicate reads using the fixmate-sort-markdup pipeline to prevent duplicate bias in variant calling.
samtools fixmate, samtools markdup (samtools)pysam.fixmate(), pysam.markdup() (pysam)Mark and remove PCR/optical duplicates using samtools.
PCR duplicates are identical copies of the same original molecule, created during library preparation. They inflate coverage, bias allele frequencies, and create false positive variant calls. Optical duplicates are flowcell-proximity artifacts: on unpatterned flowcells they arise when the imaging software splits one cluster into two adjacent calls; on patterned flowcells (NovaSeq, NovaSeq X, NextSeq 1000/2000, HiSeq X/4000) the dominant source is ExAmp (exclusion-amplification) "pad-hopping", where a library molecule re-seeds a nearby nanowell.
Standard samtools markdup is the right tool for some assays and actively harmful for others. The decision is assay-driven:
| Assay | Standard markdup? | Recommended approach |
|---|---|---|
| Germline WGS / WES (PCR or PCR-free) | YES | samtools markdup (PCR-free still has ~0.5% optical duplicates on patterned flowcells) |
| Somatic tumor/normal (no UMI) | YES | Same |
| Exome / target capture | YES (20-50% expected) | samtools markdup |
| ChIP-seq | MARK, do not remove | Then use peak caller's auto-dup logic (macs3 --keep-dup auto) |
| CUT&RUN / CUT&Tag | MARK, do not remove | Same |
| ATAC-seq | YES, BEFORE Tn5 +4/-5 shift | Then shift coords for footprinting |
| Bulk RNA-seq (no UMIs) | NO | Duplicates are biological at highly-expressed loci; removing them biases DE proportional to expression |
| Bulk RNA-seq (with UMIs) | NO | umi_tools dedup |
| scRNA (10x, STARsolo, drop-seq) | NO | umi_tools dedup with CB+UB tags, or rely on Cell Ranger UMI counts |
| ctDNA / liquid biopsy / deep panel (UMI) | NO | fgbio GroupReadsByUmi -> CallDuplexConsensusReads |
| Twist / IDT / Roche UMI capture | NO | fgbio or Picard UmiAwareMarkDuplicatesWithMateCigar |
| Amplicon / hotspot panel (no UMI) | NO | Every read is a "duplicate" by coordinate; markdup erases the dataset. Use samtools ampliconclip instead -- see alignment-amplicon-clipping. |
| Amplicon / hotspot panel (UMI) | NO | fgbio consensus |
| Long-read native (ONT, PacBio HiFi unamplified) | NO | No PCR step; markdup is meaningless |
| PacBio HiFi amplicon | YES (rare) | pbmarkdup |
| Ancient DNA (aDNA) | YES + mapDamage | Run markdup, then mapDamage --rescale before variant calling |
| Microbiome 16S/ITS | NO | Read counts encode community structure |
If the BAM came from 10x Cell Ranger / STARsolo and samtools markdup produces a 50-95% duplicate rate, it is the wrong tool, not a bug.
| Tool | Speed | Threading | Optical | UMI | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
samtools markdup | Fast | Yes | Yes (-d) | Limited (--barcode-tag exact-match) | Fast production choice (nf-core/sarek defaults to GATK MarkDuplicates) |
picard MarkDuplicates | Slow | No | Yes | UmiAware variant (BETA, transcriptome bug) | GATK Best Practices reference |
biobambam2 bammarkduplicates2 | Fastest | Yes | Yes | No | Sanger / 1KGP pipelines |
samblaster | Streaming, fast | No | Optional | No | Pipe directly from aligner; no name sort |
sambamba markdup | Fast | Yes | Yes | No | Less actively maintained |
fgbio GroupReadsByUmi + CallMolecularConsensusReads | Fast | Yes | n/a | Best UMI tool | Graph-based; supports duplex |
umi_tools dedup | Slow | No | n/a | Yes (mature) | Reference for scRNA / bulk UMI |
pbmarkdup | Fast | Yes | n/a | n/a | PacBio HiFi amplicons only |
Picard UmiAwareMarkDuplicatesWithMateCigar is BETA and has known bugs on transcriptome-aligned BAMs (silently keeps duplicates). Avoid for RNA-seq UMIs.
samtools markdup default is -d 0, meaning optical-duplicate detection is disabled by default. Set explicitly per platform:
| Platform | -d value | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| HiSeq 2000/2500 (random) | 100 | Picard historic default |
| HiSeq 3000/4000/X (patterned) | 2500 | Patterned tile size larger |
| NovaSeq 6000 (patterned) | 2500 | Same as HiSeq X |
| NovaSeq X (10B) | 2500 | Patterned; same starting point as NovaSeq 6000 |
| NextSeq 1000/2000 (patterned) | 2500 | ExAmp duplicates span larger pixel distances |
| MiSeq, NextSeq 500/550 | 100 | Smaller / unpatterned |
| Element AVITI, MGI / DNBseq | Custom regex | Different read-name format -- supply via --read-coords |
samtools markdup -d 2500 -f stats.txt input.bam marked.bam
# Count optical (SQ) vs library/PCR (LB) duplicates. The dt:Z:SQ/LB tag is
# emitted automatically because -d is set (it is not produced by -t, which
# instead adds a 'do' tag carrying the original read's name).
samtools view -f 1024 marked.bam | grep -o 'dt:Z:[A-Z][A-Z]' | sort | uniq -cSetting -d 2500 on a HiSeq run does no harm. Forgetting -d 2500 on NovaSeq systematically under-marks optical duplicates and overestimates library complexity.
Without --use-read-groups, multi-library BAMs systematically over-mark: independent molecules from different libraries with the same coordinates get wrongly flagged as PCR duplicates. With --use-read-groups, RG tags must also match for two reads to be a duplicate (verify availability with samtools markdup --help):
samtools markdup --use-read-groups -d 2500 in.bam out.bamsamtools --use-read-groups keys on RG ID; Picard's library-aware behavior keys on the LB tag (allowing dedup across multiple lanes of the same library). For multi-lane single-library BAMs, Picard MarkDuplicates with READ_NAME_REGEX is closer to canonical.
Goal: Mark PCR/optical duplicates so they can be excluded from downstream variant calling and coverage analysis.
Approach: Name-sort, add mate tags with fixmate, coordinate-sort, then run markdup. The pipeline version avoids intermediate files.
Reference (samtools 1.19+):
# 1. Sort by name (required for fixmate)
samtools sort -n -o namesort.bam input.bam
# 2. Add mate information with fixmate
samtools fixmate -m namesort.bam fixmate.bam
# 3. Sort by coordinate (required for markdup)
samtools sort -o coordsort.bam fixmate.bam
# 4. Mark duplicates
samtools markdup coordsort.bam marked.bam
# 5. Index result
samtools index marked.bam# collate is faster than sort -n; -u/-O between piped tools skips BGZF round-trips
samtools collate -O -u input.bam tmpdir/collate | \
samtools fixmate -m -u - - | \
samtools sort -u -@ 4 -T tmpdir/sort - | \
samtools markdup -@ 4 -d 2500 --use-read-groups \
-f markdup_stats.txt - marked.bam
samtools index marked.bamThis is ~30% faster than sort -n | fixmate | sort | markdup on typical 30x WGS.
Critical pitfall: samtools markdup requires ms (mate score, lowercase) and MC (mate CIGAR) tags from fixmate -m. A re-sort that loses aux tags via Python round-trip silently produces a markdup output that marks almost nothing. If duplicate counts look implausibly low, verify MC:Z: is present in the input to markdup.
Adds mate information required by markdup. Must be run on name-sorted BAM.
samtools fixmate namesorted.bam fixmate.bam# Required for markdup to work correctly
samtools fixmate -m namesorted.bam fixmate.bamsamtools fixmate -m -@ 4 namesorted.bam fixmate.bamsamtools fixmate -r -m namesorted.bam fixmate.bamMarks or removes duplicate alignments. Requires coordinate-sorted BAM with mate tags from fixmate.
samtools markdup input.bam marked.bamsamtools markdup -r input.bam deduped.bamsamtools markdup -s input.bam marked.bam 2> markdup_stats.txt# Default -d 0 disables optical detection. Set per platform; see decision table above.
samtools markdup -d 2500 input.bam marked.bam # NovaSeq / patterned
samtools markdup -d 100 input.bam marked.bam # HiSeq / randomsamtools markdup -@ 4 input.bam marked.bamsamtools markdup -f stats.txt input.bam marked.bamsamtools flagstat marked.bam
# Look for "duplicates" line# Count reads with duplicate flag
samtools view -c -f 1024 marked.bamtotal=$(samtools view -c marked.bam)
dups=$(samtools view -c -f 1024 marked.bam)
echo "scale=2; $dups * 100 / $total" | bcimport pysam
# Sort by name
pysam.sort('-n', '-o', 'namesort.bam', 'input.bam')
# Fixmate
pysam.fixmate('-m', 'namesort.bam', 'fixmate.bam')
# Sort by coordinate
pysam.sort('-o', 'coordsort.bam', 'fixmate.bam')
# Mark duplicates
pysam.markdup('coordsort.bam', 'marked.bam')
# Index
pysam.index('marked.bam')import pysam
with pysam.AlignmentFile('marked.bam', 'rb') as bam:
total = 0
duplicates = 0
for read in bam:
total += 1
if read.is_duplicate:
duplicates += 1
print(f'Total: {total}')
print(f'Duplicates: {duplicates}')
print(f'Rate: {duplicates/total*100:.2f}%')import pysam
with pysam.AlignmentFile('marked.bam', 'rb') as infile:
with pysam.AlignmentFile('nodup.bam', 'wb', header=infile.header) as outfile:
for read in infile:
if not read.is_duplicate:
outfile.write(read)For real BAMs, always use a production marker. A naive Python implementation keyed on (chrom, pos, strand) ignores 5' position correction for soft clips, ignores library/RG, treats optical = PCR, and mis-handles supplementary alignments. The result is silently wrong duplicate marks. Use samtools markdup, Picard, or fgbio depending on assay (see decision tables above).
Some aligners can mark duplicates directly during streaming:
bwa-mem2 mem ref.fa R1.fq R2.fq | \
samblaster | \
samtools sort -o marked.bamjava -jar picard.jar MarkDuplicates \
I=input.bam \
O=marked.bam \
M=metrics.txt \
OPTICAL_DUPLICATE_PIXEL_DISTANCE=2500For UMI libraries (10x scRNA, ctDNA panels, Twist/IDT/Roche UMI capture), naive markdup destroys information. Use UMI-aware tools:
# 10x / scRNA -- group by cell barcode + UMI
umi_tools dedup --stdin=cellranger_possorted.bam --stdout=dedup.bam \
--extract-umi-method=tag --umi-tag=UB --cell-tag=CB \
--per-cell --method=directional
# Bulk UMI / ctDNA -- consensus calling (best practice for low-VAF detection)
fgbio AnnotateBamWithUmis -i raw.bam -f umi.fastq -o annotated.bam
fgbio GroupReadsByUmi -i annotated.bam -o grouped.bam --strategy=adjacency --edits=1
fgbio CallMolecularConsensusReads -i grouped.bam -o consensus.bam --min-reads=1
# Or for duplex (xGen-Prism, NEBNext duplex):
fgbio CallDuplexConsensusReads -i grouped.bam -o duplex.bam --min-reads 1 1 0--method=directional is the default and correct -- do not use --method=unique, which treats single-base UMI errors as different molecules. samtools markdup --barcode-tag RX (UMI/barcode handling added in samtools 1.16) does exact-match UMI grouping; adequate for IDT xGen Duplex but insufficient for single-UMI applications where 1-edit errors are common.
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
| Full workflow | sort -n | fixmate -m | sort | markdup |
| Mark duplicates | samtools markdup in.bam out.bam |
| Remove duplicates | samtools markdup -r in.bam out.bam |
| Count duplicates | samtools view -c -f 1024 marked.bam |
| View non-duplicates | samtools view -F 1024 marked.bam |
| Get stats | samtools markdup -s in.bam out.bam |
| Flag | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 0x400 | 1024 | PCR or optical duplicate |
# View only duplicates
samtools view -f 1024 marked.bam
# View non-duplicates only
samtools view -F 1024 marked.bam
# Count non-duplicates
samtools view -c -F 1024 marked.bam| Error | Cause | Solution |
|---|---|---|
mate not found | Input not name-sorted | Run samtools sort -n first |
no MC tag | fixmate not run with -m | Re-run fixmate with -m flag |
not coordinate sorted | Input to markdup not sorted | Run samtools sort after fixmate |
samtools markdup -r (remove duplicates) is irreversible -- the records are dropped. Default to marking, not removing; downstream tools can filter on FLAG 1024. Removing pre-emptively destroys data needed for re-running QC, library complexity estimation, or switching dedup strategies.
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SKILL.md and 2 other files in alignment-files/duplicate-handling of GPTomics/bioSkills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit d91ed3d
We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in GPTomics/bioSkills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
Bio Duplicate Handling 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bio Duplicate Handling this skillGPTomics/bioSkills | 1.2k | 2 repos | ~3.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Pysamdavila7/claude-code-templates | 32k | 10 repos | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| PysamK-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills | 48k | 1 repos | ~3.4k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Omics ToolsDrugClaw/DrugClaw | 125 | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Tooluniverse Epigenomicswu-yc/LabClaw | 1.1k | 2 repos | ~14k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Biopython Sequence Analysisjaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills | 371 | 1 repos | ~8.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | BSD-3-Clause |
davila7/claude-code-templates
Genomic file toolkit. An agent skill from davila7/claude-code-templates.
K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
Provides Python/HTSlib workflows for genomic files. An agent skill from K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills.
DrugClaw/DrugClaw
Omics and single-cell workflow guide for AnnData, Scanpy-style dataset profiling, PyDESeq2-oriented count checks, pysam alignment inspection, and pyOpenMS mass-spectrometry summaries.
wu-yc/LabClaw
Production-ready genomics and epigenomics data processing for BixBench questions.
jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills
Biopython sequence analysis: parse FASTA/FASTQ/GenBank/GFF (SeqIO), NCBI Entrez (esearch/efetch/elink), remote/local BLAST, pairwise/MSA alignment (PairwiseAligner, MUSCLE/ClustalW), phylogenetic…
jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills
CLI toolkit for SAM/BAM/CRAM: sort, index, convert, filter, QC alignments.
GPTomics/bioSkills
Read, write, and convert multiple sequence alignment files using Biopython Bio.AlignIO.
GPTomics/bioSkills
Installs the bioSkills collection of 425 bioinformatics skills in one step, or only chosen categories, so sequencing, RNA-seq, single-cell and variant tasks get specialized help.
GPTomics/bioSkills
Write biological sequences to files (FASTA, FASTQ, GenBank, EMBL) using Biopython Bio.SeqIO.
GPTomics/bioSkills
Soft- or hard-clips PCR primer footprints from aligned amplicon BAMs so primer bases stop masquerading as confirmed reference sequence.
GPTomics/bioSkills
Filters BAM alignments by FLAG bits, mapping quality and regions with samtools view or pysam, with recipes for common keep and drop cases.
GPTomics/bioSkills
Create and use BAI/CSI indices for BAM/CRAM files using samtools and pysam.
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Mark and remove PCR/optical duplicates using samtools fixmate and markdup. Bio Duplicate Handling is an agent skill from GPTomics/bioSkills. Mark and remove PCR/optical duplicates using samtools fixmate and markdup.
Bio Duplicate Handling fits situations like: preparing alignments for variant calling; duplicate reads would bias analysis.
Run `npx skills add GPTomics/bioSkills --skill bio-duplicate-handling -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (alignment-files/duplicate-handling in GPTomics/bioSkills) into .claude/skills/bio-duplicate-handling in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add GPTomics/bioSkills --skill bio-duplicate-handling -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (alignment-files/duplicate-handling in GPTomics/bioSkills) into .agents/skills/bio-duplicate-handling in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add GPTomics/bioSkills --skill bio-duplicate-handling -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/bio-duplicate-handling, .gemini/skills/bio-duplicate-handling, .github/skills/bio-duplicate-handling and .opencode/skills/bio-duplicate-handling in your project.
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Bio Duplicate Handling needs a shell for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (java and pip). Our summary lists: Python 3; A Bash shell.
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
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.
Bio Duplicate Handling is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 3.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 15k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Bio Duplicate Handling: Pysam (davila7/claude-code-templates, 32k stars), Pysam (K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills, 48k stars), Omics Tools (DrugClaw/DrugClaw, 125 stars) and Tooluniverse Epigenomics (wu-yc/LabClaw, 1.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
GPTomics (a GitHub organization) maintains it in GPTomics/bioSkills, which has 1,217 GitHub stars. The repository holds 559 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 15, 2026.
Source: GPTomics/bioSkills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.