Agent skill

Atom Ops

by Hello-QM in Hello-QM/catgo-LRG

One-shot recipes for adding, deleting, moving, and replacing individual atoms in the active CatGo viewer structure.

AGPL-3.0Auto-check passed

Install Atom Ops

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Hello-QM/catgo-LRG --skill atom-ops -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Hello-QM/catgo-LRG atom-ops --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/Hello-QM/catgo-LRG.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/server/catgo/workflow/skills/structure/atom_ops .claude/skills/atom-ops && 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
atom-ops
GitHub stars
205
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
600 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
75
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
AGPL-3.0

At a glance

One-shot recipes for adding, deleting, moving, and replacing individual atoms in the active CatGo viewer structure.

  • Works in 2 steps: If the user just told you the… → Otherwise call mcpcatgocatgo_structure…
  • The user asks to add an atom
  • SKILL.md covers When to use this skill, Operation cheat sheet, What NOT to do and After-edit confirmation
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Atom Ops is an agent skill from Hello-QM/catgo-LRG. One-shot recipes for adding, deleting, moving, and replacing individual atoms in the active CatGo viewer structure. Use whenever the user asks to "add an atom", "delete atoms", "remove this atom", "move atom N", "replace H with Li", or any single-atom edit — including "add a hydrogen on top of atom 12" / "delete atoms 5–9" / "swap the oxygen at site 3 for fluorine". Skips the discovery loop (no need to list structure tools or check adsorption sites first); goes straight to the matching catgostructure action…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: AI-driven workbench for computational materials science — interactive 3D structure viewer, natural-language CatBot assistant, visual DAG workflow engine, HPC job submission… The licence is AGPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks to add an atom
  • Remove this atom
  • Replace H with Li
  • Any single-atom edit — including add a hydrogen on top of atom 12 / delete atoms 5–9 / swap the oxygen at site 3 for fluorine

Example prompts

  • “add an atom”
  • “delete atoms”
  • “remove this atom”
  • “/atom-ops”

Workflow steps

2 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. If the user just told you the coordinate, use it directly with position.
  2. Otherwise call mcpcatgocatgo_structure {"action":"get_info"} once, find the site, add [0, 0, height] to its xyz, then issue add_atom. Do…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit fd6291b. 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 json).

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

Atom Ops loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 150 tokens; SKILL.md has 600 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~150
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

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 Hello-QM/catgo-LRG at commit fd6291b, republished under its AGPL-3.0 licence (© Hello-QM). 600 words, ~1,202 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/atom-ops/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
atom-ops
description
One-shot recipes for adding, deleting, moving, and replacing individual atoms in the active CatGo viewer structure. Use whenever the user asks to "add an atom", "delete atoms", "remove this atom", "move atom N", "replace H with Li", or any single-atom edit — including "add a hydrogen on top of atom 12" / "delete atoms 5–9" / "swap the oxygen at site 3 for fluorine". Skips the discovery loop (no need to list structure tools or check adsorption sites first); goes straight to the matching `catgo_structure` action. Triggers in Chinese on 加原子, 删原子, 减原子, 移动原子, 替换原子, 增加氢, 删除氧, 把 ... 换成 ....

atom-ops

Single-atom edits via mcp__catgo__catgo_structure. The default exploration path lists structure-tool actions, reads several skill docs, and queries the current viewer state before each action — that is 4–8 MCP calls for a one-atom edit and the user sees "Thinking…" for 15–30 s. This skill collapses every common operation to a single call.

When to use this skill

  • Adding one atom (or a small handful) at known coordinates or a known relationship to an existing atom.
  • Deleting atoms by index or by element.
  • Replacing an atom's element without moving it.
  • Moving an atom by index to a new position.

If the user wants to add a molecule or cluster (CO, H₂O, NH₂, …) onto a surface, stop and use the structure/cluster_ops skill instead — placing a molecule needs adsorbate placement and site selection, not raw atom addition.

Operation cheat sheet

Every recipe below is a single mcp__catgo__catgo_structure call. Each item lists the action, the required params, and the typical user phrasing.

Add a single atom at explicit Cartesian coordinates

User: "Add an H at (1.5, 2.0, 6.3) Å"

json
{"action":"add_atom","element":"H","position":[1.5,2.0,6.3]}
Add an atom near another atom (height above a site)

User: "Place a hydrogen 1.0 Å above atom 12"

You need the position of atom 12. Two paths:

  1. If the user just told you the coordinate, use it directly with position.
  2. Otherwise call mcp__catgo__catgo_structure {"action":"get_info"} once, find the site, add [0, 0, height] to its xyz, then issue add_atom. Do not call get_info more than once per chat turn — re-use the result.

For atoms placed on a slab surface (above the topmost layer), use mcp__catgo__catgo_structure {"action":"add_atom","element":"H","position":[x,y,z]} where z = (highest-atom z) + bond length (typical: O–H 1.0 Å, H–metal 1.5 Å, C–metal 2.0 Å).

Delete atoms by index

User: "Delete atoms 5, 6, 7" or "remove the last 3 atoms" or "删除 5 到 9"

json
{"action":"delete_atoms","indices":[5,6,7]}

Indices are 0-based and refer to the current viewer site order. For ranges, expand them yourself (5,6,7 not 5-7). For "the last 3 atoms" you need get_info to know the site count first; same single-call-per-turn rule applies.

Delete all atoms of an element

User: "Remove all hydrogens"

json
{"action":"delete_atoms","element":"H"}

This is faster than enumerating indices when the user names an element.

Show full SKILL.md (241 more words)Show less
Replace an atom's element

User: "Swap the oxygen at site 3 for fluorine" or "把 site 7 的 C 换成 N"

json
{"action":"replace_atom","index":3,"new_element":"F"}

This is substitution at a fixed position — the element changes, the xyz stays. For systematic element-screening across many sites, use the dedicated structure/substitution skill instead.

Move an atom to a new position

User: "Move atom 12 to (2.0, 3.0, 5.5)"

json
{"action":"move_atom","index":12,"position":[2.0,3.0,5.5]}

For relative moves ("shift atom 12 by 0.5 Å along z"), compute the new absolute position yourself from get_info once, then call move_atom.

What NOT to do

These patterns are slow and add no value:

  • Listing all structure-tool actions ({"action":"list"} or similar discovery calls) before doing the edit. The actions above are the complete set you need.
  • Calling get_info repeatedly to verify each edit succeeded. CatGo's viewer reactivity already shows the change; the tool response confirms it; re-fetching wastes round-trips.
  • Asking the user to confirm "which atom" when the indices are obvious from their message. Confirm only when the request is genuinely ambiguous ("remove the carbon atoms" with multiple carbons in different chemical environments — confirm which set).

After-edit confirmation

One sentence stating what changed. Mention the new total atom count if it changed.

Added one H at (1.5, 2.0, 6.3). Structure now has 13 atoms. Deleted atoms 5–9. Structure now has 27 atoms. Replaced O at site 3 with F. Composition: Ti2O3F.

Do not dump the full site list or coordinates back to the user — the viewer shows the result.

© Hello-QM, AGPL-3.0. 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 server/catgo/workflow/skills/structure/atom_ops of Hello-QM/catgo-LRG.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit fd6291b

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Questions about Atom Ops

What does Atom Ops do?

One-shot recipes for adding, deleting, moving, and replacing individual atoms in the active CatGo viewer structure. Atom Ops is an agent skill from Hello-QM/catgo-LRG. One-shot recipes for adding, deleting, moving, and replacing individual atoms in the active CatGo viewer structure.

When should I use Atom Ops?

Atom Ops fits situations like: the user asks to add an atom; remove this atom; replace H with Li; any single-atom edit — including add a hydrogen on top of atom 12 / delete atoms 5–9 / swap the oxygen at site 3 for fluorine.

How do I install Atom Ops in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Hello-QM/catgo-LRG --skill atom-ops -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (server/catgo/workflow/skills/structure/atom_ops in Hello-QM/catgo-LRG) into .claude/skills/atom-ops in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Atom Ops in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Hello-QM/catgo-LRG --skill atom-ops -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (server/catgo/workflow/skills/structure/atom_ops in Hello-QM/catgo-LRG) into .agents/skills/atom-ops in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Atom Ops 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 Hello-QM/catgo-LRG --skill atom-ops -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/atom-ops, .gemini/skills/atom-ops, .github/skills/atom-ops and .opencode/skills/atom-ops in your project.

What does Atom Ops need to run?

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

Does Atom Ops access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Atom Ops 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 Atom Ops use?

Atom Ops is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Atom Ops use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.8k 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 Atom Ops?

Hello-QM (a GitHub user) maintains it in Hello-QM/catgo-LRG, which has 205 GitHub stars. The repository holds 75 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 22, 2026.

Source: Hello-QM/catgo-LRG on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.