Alphagenome Single Variant Analysis
google-deepmind/science-skills
Analyzes genetic variant effects on gene expression (RNA-seq), chromatin accessibility (DNASE), histone marks (ChIP), and transcription factors using the AlphaGenome API.
Python library for biology: sequence manipulation (DNA/RNA/protein), pairwise/multiple alignment, phylogenetic trees (NJ, UPGMA), diversity (Shannon, Faith PD, Bray-Curtis, UniFrac), ordination…
$ npx skills add jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills --skill scikit-bio -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills scikit-bio --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/jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/genomics-bioinformatics/scikit-bio .claude/skills/scikit-bio && 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 "scikit-bio" agent skill from https://github.com/jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills/tree/main/skills/genomics-bioinformatics/scikit-bio into .claude/skills/scikit-bio/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scikit-bio", 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/jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills/tree/main/skills/genomics-bioinformatics/scikit-bioType 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 jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills --skill scikit-bio -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills scikit-bio --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/genomics-bioinformatics/scikit-bio .agents/skills/scikit-bio && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
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Install the "scikit-bio" agent skill from https://github.com/jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills/tree/main/skills/genomics-bioinformatics/scikit-bio into .agents/skills/scikit-bio/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scikit-bio", 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 jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills --skill scikit-bio -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills scikit-bio --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/genomics-bioinformatics/scikit-bio .cursor/skills/scikit-bio && 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 "scikit-bio" agent skill from https://github.com/jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills/tree/main/skills/genomics-bioinformatics/scikit-bio into .cursor/skills/scikit-bio/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scikit-bio", 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/jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills.git --path skills/genomics-bioinformatics/scikit-bio--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 jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills --skill scikit-bio -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills scikit-bio --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/genomics-bioinformatics/scikit-bio .gemini/skills/scikit-bio && 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 "scikit-bio" agent skill from https://github.com/jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills/tree/main/skills/genomics-bioinformatics/scikit-bio into .gemini/skills/scikit-bio/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scikit-bio", 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 jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills scikit-bioInstalls 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 jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills --skill scikit-bio -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/genomics-bioinformatics/scikit-bio .github/skills/scikit-bio && 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 "scikit-bio" agent skill from https://github.com/jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills/tree/main/skills/genomics-bioinformatics/scikit-bio into .github/skills/scikit-bio/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scikit-bio", 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 jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills --skill scikit-bio -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills scikit-bio --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/genomics-bioinformatics/scikit-bio .opencode/skills/scikit-bio && 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 "scikit-bio" agent skill from https://github.com/jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills/tree/main/skills/genomics-bioinformatics/scikit-bio into .opencode/skills/scikit-bio/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scikit-bio", 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.
scikit-bioPython library for biology: sequence manipulation (DNA/RNA/protein), pairwise/multiple alignment, phylogenetic trees (NJ, UPGMA), diversity (Shannon, Faith PD, Bray-Curtis, UniFrac), ordination…
Scikit Bio is an agent skill from jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills. Python library for biology: sequence manipulation (DNA/RNA/protein), pairwise/multiple alignment, phylogenetic trees (NJ, UPGMA), diversity (Shannon, Faith PD, Bray-Curtis, UniFrac), ordination (PCoA, CCA, RDA), stats (PERMANOVA, ANOSIM, Mantel), file I/O (FASTA, FASTQ, Newick, BIOM). Use for microbiome, community ecology, or phylogenetics.
Its SKILL.md is about 4.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/extended_api.md`).
It sits in Research & Science, covering Bioinformatics. It works with Python. The repository describes itself as: 197 bioinformatics & life science skills for Claude Code and AI agents — BixBench 92.0% accuracy. RNA-seq, single-cell, drug discovery, proteomics, and more. Powers OmicsHorizon. The licence is BSD-3-Clause.
8 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 82c862c. 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.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
pipFrom the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
scikit.biogithub.comforum.qiime2.orgFrom 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.
Scikit Bio loads about 4.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~6.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 88 tokens; SKILL.md has 758 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 jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills at commit 82c862c, republished under its BSD-3-Clause licence (© jaechang-hits). 758 words, ~4,421 tokens.
.claude/skills/scikit-bio/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.scikit-bio is a comprehensive Python library for biological data analysis, spanning sequence manipulation, alignment, phylogenetics, microbial ecology, and multivariate statistics. It provides specialized data structures (DNA, RNA, Protein, DistanceMatrix, TreeNode, TabularMSA) that integrate with the broader Python scientific stack.
pip install scikit-bio
# Optional: pip install biom-format — HDF5 BIOM table support
# Optional: pip install matplotlib seaborn — visualizationimport skbio
from skbio.diversity import alpha_diversity, beta_diversity
from skbio.stats.distance import permanova
from skbio.stats.ordination import pcoa
import numpy as np
# Sample OTU counts (samples × features)
counts = np.array([[10, 20, 30], [15, 25, 5], [5, 10, 40], [20, 5, 15]])
sample_ids = ['S1', 'S2', 'S3', 'S4']
grouping = ['control', 'control', 'treatment', 'treatment']
# Alpha diversity
shannon = alpha_diversity('shannon', counts, ids=sample_ids)
print(f"Shannon diversity: {shannon.values}") # [1.09, 1.04, 0.94, 1.03]
# Beta diversity → PCoA → PERMANOVA
bc_dm = beta_diversity('braycurtis', counts, ids=sample_ids)
pcoa_results = pcoa(bc_dm)
results = permanova(bc_dm, grouping, permutations=999)
print(f"PERMANOVA p-value: {results['p-value']}")from skbio import DNA, RNA, Protein
# Create and manipulate sequences
dna = DNA('ATCGATCGATCG', metadata={'id': 'gene1', 'description': 'test'})
rc = dna.reverse_complement()
rna = dna.transcribe()
protein = rna.translate()
print(f"DNA: {dna}, RC: {rc}, Protein: {protein}")
# Motif finding and k-mer analysis
motif_positions = dna.find_with_regex('ATG.{3}')
kmer_freqs = dna.kmer_frequencies(k=3)
print(f"3-mer frequencies: {dict(list(kmer_freqs.items())[:3])}")
# Sequence properties
print(f"Has degenerates: {dna.has_degenerates()}")
print(f"GC content: {dna.gc_content():.2f}")
degapped = dna.degap() # Remove gap characters# Metadata: sequence-level, positional, interval
dna = DNA('ATCGATCG', metadata={'id': 'seq1'},
positional_metadata={'quality': [30, 35, 40, 38, 32, 36, 34, 33]})
dna.interval_metadata.add([(0, 4)], metadata={'type': 'promoter'})
print(f"Quality scores: {list(dna.positional_metadata['quality'])}")from skbio import DNA
from skbio.alignment import local_pairwise_align_ssw, TabularMSA
# Pairwise local alignment (Smith-Waterman via SSW)
seq1 = DNA('ACTCGATCGATCGATCGATCG')
seq2 = DNA('ATCGATCGATCGATCGATCGA')
alignment, score, start_end = local_pairwise_align_ssw(seq1, seq2)
print(f"Score: {score}, Positions: {start_end}")
# Multiple sequence alignment from file
msa = TabularMSA.read('alignment.fasta', constructor=DNA)
consensus = msa.consensus()
conservation = msa.conservation()
print(f"Consensus: {consensus[:20]}, Conservation: {conservation[:5]}")from skbio import TreeNode, DistanceMatrix
from skbio.tree import nj, upgma
# Build tree from distance matrix
data = [[0, 5, 9, 9], [5, 0, 10, 10], [9, 10, 0, 8], [9, 10, 8, 0]]
dm = DistanceMatrix(data, ids=['A', 'B', 'C', 'D'])
tree = nj(dm)
print(tree.ascii_art())
# Tree operations
subtree = tree.shear(['A', 'B', 'C']) # Prune to subset
tips = [node.name for node in tree.tips()]
lca = tree.lowest_common_ancestor(['A', 'B'])
print(f"Tips: {tips}, LCA children: {len(list(lca.children))}")
# Tree comparison
tree2 = upgma(dm)
rf_dist = tree.compare_rfd(tree2)
cophenetic_dm = tree.cophenetic_matrix()
print(f"Robinson-Foulds distance: {rf_dist}")from skbio.diversity import alpha_diversity, beta_diversity
import numpy as np
counts = np.array([[10, 20, 30, 0], [15, 25, 5, 10], [5, 10, 40, 2]])
sample_ids = ['S1', 'S2', 'S3']
# Alpha diversity (multiple metrics)
for metric in ['shannon', 'simpson', 'observed_otus', 'pielou_e']:
alpha = alpha_diversity(metric, counts, ids=sample_ids)
print(f"{metric}: {alpha.values.round(3)}")
# Beta diversity
bc_dm = beta_diversity('braycurtis', counts, ids=sample_ids)
jaccard_dm = beta_diversity('jaccard', counts, ids=sample_ids)
print(f"Bray-Curtis S1-S2: {bc_dm['S1', 'S2']:.3f}")# Phylogenetic diversity (requires tree + OTU IDs)
from skbio.diversity import alpha_diversity, beta_diversity
faith_pd = alpha_diversity('faith_pd', counts, ids=sample_ids,
tree=tree, otu_ids=feature_ids)
unifrac_dm = beta_diversity('unweighted_unifrac', counts,
ids=sample_ids, tree=tree, otu_ids=feature_ids)
w_unifrac_dm = beta_diversity('weighted_unifrac', counts,
ids=sample_ids, tree=tree, otu_ids=feature_ids)
print(f"Faith PD: {faith_pd.values}")from skbio.stats.ordination import pcoa, cca
# PCoA from distance matrix
pcoa_results = pcoa(bc_dm)
pc1 = pcoa_results.samples['PC1']
pc2 = pcoa_results.samples['PC2']
prop = pcoa_results.proportion_explained
print(f"PC1 explains {prop.iloc[0]:.1%}, PC2 explains {prop.iloc[1]:.1%}")
# CCA with environmental variables (constrained ordination)
# species_matrix: samples × species counts
# env_matrix: samples × environmental variables
cca_results = cca(species_matrix, env_matrix)
biplot_scores = cca_results.biplot_scores
print(f"Biplot scores shape: {biplot_scores.shape}")
# Save/load ordination results
pcoa_results.write('pcoa_results.txt')
loaded = skbio.OrdinationResults.read('pcoa_results.txt')from skbio.stats.distance import permanova, anosim, permdisp, mantel
grouping = ['control', 'control', 'treatment']
# PERMANOVA — test group differences
perm_results = permanova(bc_dm, grouping, permutations=999)
print(f"PERMANOVA: F={perm_results['test statistic']:.3f}, "
f"p={perm_results['p-value']:.4f}")
# ANOSIM — alternative group test
anosim_results = anosim(bc_dm, grouping, permutations=999)
print(f"ANOSIM: R={anosim_results['test statistic']:.3f}, "
f"p={anosim_results['p-value']:.4f}")
# PERMDISP — test homogeneity of dispersions
permdisp_results = permdisp(bc_dm, grouping, permutations=999)
# Mantel test — correlation between distance matrices
r, p_value, n = mantel(bc_dm, jaccard_dm, method='pearson', permutations=999)
print(f"Mantel: r={r:.3f}, p={p_value:.4f}")import skbio
# Read various formats
seq = skbio.DNA.read('input.fasta', format='fasta')
tree = skbio.TreeNode.read('tree.nwk')
dm = skbio.DistanceMatrix.read('distances.txt')
# Memory-efficient reading (generator for large files)
for seq in skbio.io.read('large.fasta', format='fasta', constructor=skbio.DNA):
print(f"{seq.metadata['id']}: {len(seq)} bp")
# Write and convert formats
seq.write('output.fasta', format='fasta')
seqs = list(skbio.io.read('input.fastq', format='fastq', constructor=skbio.DNA))
skbio.io.write(seqs, format='fasta', into='output.fasta')from skbio import DistanceMatrix
import numpy as np
# Create from array
data = np.array([[0, 1, 2], [1, 0, 3], [2, 3, 0]])
dm = DistanceMatrix(data, ids=['A', 'B', 'C'])
# Access and slice
print(f"A-B distance: {dm['A', 'B']}")
subset = dm.filter(['A', 'C'])
condensed = dm.condensed_form() # scipy-compatible
df = dm.to_data_frame()
print(f"Shape: {df.shape}")| Metric Type | Non-Phylogenetic | Phylogenetic (requires tree) |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha diversity | Shannon, Simpson, observed_otus, Pielou's evenness | Faith's PD |
| Beta diversity | Bray-Curtis, Jaccard | Unweighted UniFrac, Weighted UniFrac |
Diversity functions require integer abundance counts, not relative frequencies. If you have proportions, multiply back:
# Wrong: relative abundance
# counts = np.array([0.1, 0.5, 0.4])
# Correct: integer counts
counts = np.array([10, 50, 40])import skbio
from skbio import TreeNode
from skbio.diversity import alpha_diversity, beta_diversity
from skbio.stats.ordination import pcoa
from skbio.stats.distance import permanova
import numpy as np
# 1. Load data
counts = np.loadtxt('otu_table.tsv', delimiter='\t', dtype=int, skiprows=1)
sample_ids = ['S1', 'S2', 'S3', 'S4', 'S5', 'S6']
feature_ids = ['OTU1', 'OTU2', 'OTU3', 'OTU4']
tree = TreeNode.read('phylogeny.nwk')
grouping = ['control', 'control', 'control', 'treatment', 'treatment', 'treatment']
# 2. Alpha diversity
shannon = alpha_diversity('shannon', counts, ids=sample_ids)
faith = alpha_diversity('faith_pd', counts, ids=sample_ids,
tree=tree, otu_ids=feature_ids)
print(f"Mean Shannon - Control: {shannon[:3].mean():.2f}, "
f"Treatment: {shannon[3:].mean():.2f}")
# 3. Beta diversity + PCoA
unifrac_dm = beta_diversity('unweighted_unifrac', counts,
ids=sample_ids, tree=tree, otu_ids=feature_ids)
pcoa_results = pcoa(unifrac_dm)
print(f"PC1: {pcoa_results.proportion_explained.iloc[0]:.1%} variance")
# 4. Statistical testing
results = permanova(unifrac_dm, grouping, permutations=999)
print(f"PERMANOVA p={results['p-value']:.4f}")from skbio import DNA, DistanceMatrix
from skbio.tree import nj
from skbio.alignment import local_pairwise_align_ssw
import numpy as np
# 1. Read sequences
seqs = list(skbio.io.read('sequences.fasta', format='fasta', constructor=DNA))
n = len(seqs)
print(f"Loaded {n} sequences")
# 2. Compute pairwise distances (Hamming-like via alignment scores)
dist_data = np.zeros((n, n))
for i in range(n):
for j in range(i+1, n):
_, score, _ = local_pairwise_align_ssw(seqs[i], seqs[j])
max_len = max(len(seqs[i]), len(seqs[j]))
dist_data[i, j] = dist_data[j, i] = 1 - (score / max_len)
# 3. Build tree
ids = [s.metadata.get('id', f'seq{i}') for i, s in enumerate(seqs)]
dm = DistanceMatrix(dist_data, ids=ids)
tree = nj(dm)
print(tree.ascii_art())
# 4. Analyze tree
tree.write('output.nwk', format='newick')
cophenetic = tree.cophenetic_matrix()
print(f"Cophenetic matrix shape: {cophenetic.shape}")skbio.io.read with constructor=DNA)positional_metadata['quality']find_with_regex() and sequence slicingfind_with_regex('ATG.{3}')dna.transcribe().translate()skbio.io.write()| Parameter | Function | Default | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
metric | alpha/beta_diversity | Required | Diversity metric name (e.g., 'shannon', 'braycurtis') |
permutations | permanova/anosim/mantel | 999 | Number of permutations; higher = more precise p-values |
tree | alpha/beta_diversity | None | Required for phylogenetic metrics (Faith PD, UniFrac) |
otu_ids | alpha/beta_diversity | None | Feature IDs mapping counts to tree tips |
method | mantel | 'pearson' | Correlation method: 'pearson' or 'spearman' |
constructor | io.read | None | Sequence class for parsing (DNA, RNA, Protein) |
format | io.read/write | Auto | File format (fasta, fastq, newick, etc.) |
genetic_code | translate | 1 | NCBI genetic code (1=standard, 11=bacterial) |
k | kmer_frequencies | Required | k-mer length for frequency calculation |
skbio.io.read() returns a generator; avoid list() on millions of sequencestree and otu_ids; prune tree to feature set with tree.shear(feature_ids)from skbio.diversity import subsample_counts, alpha_diversity
import numpy as np
# Rarefy to minimum depth
min_depth = min(counts.sum(axis=1))
rarefied = np.array([subsample_counts(row, n=min_depth) for row in counts])
print(f"Rarefied to {min_depth} counts per sample")
# Calculate diversity on rarefied data
shannon = alpha_diversity('shannon', rarefied, ids=sample_ids)from skbio.diversity import partial_beta_diversity
import itertools
# Only compute specific pairs (saves time on large matrices)
pairs = list(itertools.combinations(sample_ids[:10], 2))
partial_dm = partial_beta_diversity('braycurtis', counts,
ids=sample_ids, id_pairs=pairs)
print(f"Computed {len(pairs)} pairwise distances")from skbio import Table
import numpy as np
# Read BIOM table
table = Table.read('feature_table.biom')
print(f"Samples: {table.shape[1]}, Features: {table.shape[0]}")
# Filter low-abundance features
filtered = table.filter(lambda row, id_, md: row.sum() > 10, axis='observation')
# Convert to pandas
df = table.to_dataframe()
# Normalize to relative abundance
rel_abundance = df.div(df.sum(axis=0), axis=1)| Problem | Cause | Solution |
|---|---|---|
ValueError: Ids must be unique | Duplicate IDs in DistanceMatrix/sequences | Deduplicate IDs: ids = list(dict.fromkeys(ids)) |
ValueError: Counts must be integers | Relative abundance passed to diversity | Use integer counts; multiply back: (proportions * 1000).astype(int) |
| Memory error on large FASTA | Loading all sequences at once | Use generator: for seq in skbio.io.read(...) |
| Tree tip / OTU ID mismatch | Phylogenetic diversity fails | Prune tree: tree = tree.shear(feature_ids) |
| PERMANOVA p=0.001 but groups overlap in PCoA | Significant dispersion difference | Run permdisp() to check; PERMANOVA tests location AND dispersion |
| Wrong translation | Default genetic code (standard) used for bacteria | Set genetic_code=11 for bacterial/archaeal sequences |
| Slow NJ tree construction | O(n³) for large n | Use GME or BME for >1000 taxa: from skbio.tree import gme |
references/extended_api.md — Extended API reference covering advanced alignment parameters (SSW, gap penalties, CIGAR), tree construction algorithms (NJ vs UPGMA vs GME/BME), BIOM table manipulation, protein embeddings, and integration patterns with QIIME 2, pandas, and scikit-learnNot migrated from original: the original's single api_reference.md (749 lines) was condensed into references/extended_api.md with focus on capabilities not covered inline. Omitted content: basic examples duplicating Core API, verbose troubleshooting (covered in Troubleshooting table above).
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Scikit Bio 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scikit Bio this skilljaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills | 371 | — | ~4.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | BSD-3-Clause | |
| Alphagenome Single Variant Analysisgoogle-deepmind/science-skills | 3.2k | 2 repos | ~3k | Automated safety check: Notes | Apache-2.0 | |
| 13C Metabolic Flux AnalysisK-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills | 48k | 1 repos | ~3.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Singlecell Qcxuzhougeng/wisp-science | 1k | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0 | |
| Trackplotygidtu/trackplot | 109 | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | BSD-3-Clause | |
| UniProt Database Accessdavila7/claude-code-templates | 32k | 14 repos | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
google-deepmind/science-skills
Analyzes genetic variant effects on gene expression (RNA-seq), chromatin accessibility (DNASE), histone marks (ChIP), and transcription factors using the AlphaGenome API.
K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
Estimates reaction fluxes inside cells from steady-state carbon-13 labeling data with a bundled mfapy-based solver, and reports which fluxes the data pin down.
xuzhougeng/wisp-science
A skill your agent uses when designing, reviewing, or implementing single-cell RNA-seq QC in Python or R with a human-in-the-loop, data-driven approach.
ygidtu/trackplot
Generate sashimi-style genome visualization plots (coverage, line, heatmap, IGV read-by-read, HiC, circRNA, motif) from BAM/bigWig/depth/HiC inputs.
davila7/claude-code-templates
Queries the UniProt REST API directly to search proteins, fetch FASTA sequences, map IDs between databases and read Swiss-Prot and TrEMBL entries.
QING1105/ezST
End-to-end 10x Visium spatial transcriptomics analysis workflow with staged execution and human review gates.
jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills
NEB-IRC activation energy pipeline for reaction barriers using GFN2-xTB and pysisyphus.
jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills
3Dmol.js WebGL molecular visualization emitted as self-contained HTML.
jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills
Constraint-based (COBRA) analysis of genome-scale metabolic models: FBA, FVA, knockouts, flux sampling, production envelopes, gapfilling, media optimization.
jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills
Read, write, and edit ChemDraw CDX/CDXML files with RDKit's rdkit.Chem.rdChemDraw plus direct XML editing, always paired with a rendered PNG.
jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills
Programmatic PubMed access via NCBI E-utilities REST API. An agent skill from jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills.
jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills
Scaffold a new SciAgent-Skills entry. An agent skill from jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills.
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Python library for biology: sequence manipulation (DNA/RNA/protein), pairwise/multiple alignment, phylogenetic trees (NJ, UPGMA), diversity (Shannon, Faith PD, Bray-Curtis, UniFrac), ordination…. Scikit Bio is an agent skill from jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills. Python library for biology: sequence manipulation (DNA/RNA/protein), pairwise/multiple alignment, phylogenetic trees (NJ, UPGMA), diversity (Shannon, Faith PD, Bray-Curtis, UniFrac), ordination (PCoA, CCA, RDA), stats (PERMANOVA, ANOSIM, Mantel), file I/O (FASTA, FASTQ, Newick, BIOM).
Scikit Bio fits situations like: community ecology; tasks that involve Bioinformatics.
Run `npx skills add jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills --skill scikit-bio -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/genomics-bioinformatics/scikit-bio in jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills) into .claude/skills/scikit-bio in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills --skill scikit-bio -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/genomics-bioinformatics/scikit-bio in jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills) into .agents/skills/scikit-bio 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 jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills --skill scikit-bio -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/scikit-bio, .gemini/skills/scikit-bio, .github/skills/scikit-bio and .opencode/skills/scikit-bio in your project.
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Scikit Bio needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pip). Our summary lists: Python 3.
SKILL.md names 3 domains. As links in the text: scikit.bio, github.com and forum.qiime2.org. 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.
Scikit Bio is published under the BSD-3-Clause licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 4.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 18k 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 1.8k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Scikit Bio: Alphagenome Single Variant Analysis (google-deepmind/science-skills, 3.2k stars), 13C Metabolic Flux Analysis (K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills, 48k stars), Singlecell Qc (xuzhougeng/wisp-science, 1k stars) and Trackplot (ygidtu/trackplot, 109 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
jaechang-hits (a GitHub user) maintains it in jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills, which has 371 GitHub stars. The repository holds 169 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 29, 2026.
Source: jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.