Agent skill

Jaspar Database

by LeonChaoX in LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills

Query JASPAR for transcription factor binding site (TFBS) profiles (PWMs/PFMs).

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Install Jaspar Database

skills CLI
$ npx skills add LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills --skill jaspar-database -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills jaspar-database --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/LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/'skills/12-科学数据库/jaspar-database' .claude/skills/jaspar-database && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

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Facts

Skill name
jaspar-database
GitHub stars
943
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~3k tokens
SKILL.md length
479 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
31
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
CC0-1.0

At a glance

Query JASPAR for transcription factor binding site (TFBS) profiles (PWMs/PFMs).

  • Works in 7 steps: JASPAR REST API → Search for TF Profiles → Fetch a Specific Matrix (PFM/PWM) → …
  • Tasks that involve Bioinformatics
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use This Skill, Core Capabilities and Query Workflows, plus 3 more sections
  • Reaches jaspar.elixir.no

What it does

Jaspar Database is an agent skill from LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills. Query JASPAR for transcription factor binding site (TFBS) profiles (PWMs/PFMs). Search by TF name, species, or class; scan DNA sequences for TF binding sites; compare matrices; essential for regulatory genomics, motif analysis, and GWAS regulatory variant interpretation.

Its SKILL.md is about 3k 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_reference.md`).

It sits in Research & Science, covering Bioinformatics and Transcription. The repository describes itself as: A curated, multilingual library of 182 installable AI agent skills for end-to-end academic research—spanning literature discovery, scientific writing, grant development… The licence is CC0-1.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Bioinformatics
  • Tasks that involve Transcription

Example prompts

  • “/jaspar-database”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. JASPAR REST API
  2. Search for TF Profiles
  3. Fetch a Specific Matrix (PFM/PWM)
  4. Download PFM/PWM as Matrix
  5. Scan a DNA Sequence for TF Binding Sites
  6. Scan Both Strands
  7. Variant Impact on TF Binding

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit df5a498. 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:

    • jaspar.elixir.no

    Also links to:

    • biopython.org
    • meme-suite.org
    • homer.ucsd.edu
    • github.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

Jaspar Database loads about 3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 72 tokens; SKILL.md has 479 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~72
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4.1k

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Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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SKILL.md

The full file from LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills at commit df5a498, republished under its CC0-1.0 licence (© LeonChaoX). 479 words, ~2,995 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/jaspar-database/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
jaspar-database
description
Query JASPAR for transcription factor binding site (TFBS) profiles (PWMs/PFMs). Search by TF name, species, or class; scan DNA sequences for TF binding sites; compare matrices; essential for regulatory genomics, motif analysis, and GWAS regulatory variant interpretation.
license
CC0-1.0
metadata.skill-author
Kuan-lin Huang

JASPAR Database

Overview

JASPAR (https://jaspar.elixir.no/) is the gold-standard open-access database of curated, non-redundant transcription factor (TF) binding profiles stored as position frequency matrices (PFMs). JASPAR 2024 contains 1,210 non-redundant TF binding profiles for 164 eukaryotic species. Each profile is experimentally derived (ChIP-seq, SELEX, HT-SELEX, protein binding microarray, etc.) and rigorously validated.

Key resources:

When to Use This Skill

Use JASPAR when:

  • TF binding site prediction: Scan a DNA sequence for potential binding sites of a TF
  • Regulatory variant interpretation: Does a GWAS/eQTL variant disrupt a TF binding motif?
  • Promoter/enhancer analysis: What TFs are predicted to bind to a regulatory element?
  • Gene regulatory network construction: Link TFs to their target genes via motif scanning
  • TF family analysis: Compare binding profiles across a TF family (e.g., all homeobox factors)
  • ChIP-seq analysis: Find known TF motifs enriched in ChIP-seq peaks
  • ENCODE/ATAC-seq interpretation: Match open chromatin regions to TF binding profiles

Core Capabilities

1. JASPAR REST API

Base URL: https://jaspar.elixir.no/api/v1/

python
import requests

BASE_URL = "https://jaspar.elixir.no/api/v1"

def jaspar_get(endpoint, params=None):
    url = f"{BASE_URL}/{endpoint}"
    response = requests.get(url, params=params, headers={"Accept": "application/json"})
    response.raise_for_status()
    return response.json()
2. Search for TF Profiles
python
def search_jaspar(
    tf_name=None,
    species=None,
    collection="CORE",
    tf_class=None,
    tf_family=None,
    page=1,
    page_size=25
):
    """Search JASPAR for TF binding profiles."""
    params = {
        "collection": collection,
        "page": page,
        "page_size": page_size,
        "format": "json"
    }
    if tf_name:
        params["name"] = tf_name
    if species:
        params["species"] = species  # Use taxonomy ID or name, e.g., "9606" for human
    if tf_class:
        params["tf_class"] = tf_class
    if tf_family:
        params["tf_family"] = tf_family

    return jaspar_get("matrix", params)

# Examples:
# Search for human CTCF profile
ctcf = search_jaspar("CTCF", species="9606")
print(f"Found {ctcf['count']} CTCF profiles")

# Search for all homeobox TFs in human
hox_tfs = search_jaspar(tf_class="Homeodomain", species="9606")

# Search for a TF family
nfkb = search_jaspar(tf_family="NF-kappaB")
3. Fetch a Specific Matrix (PFM/PWM)
python
def get_matrix(matrix_id):
    """Fetch a specific JASPAR matrix by ID (e.g., 'MA0139.1' for CTCF)."""
    return jaspar_get(f"matrix/{matrix_id}/")

# Example: Get CTCF matrix
ctcf_matrix = get_matrix("MA0139.1")

# Matrix structure:
# {
#   "matrix_id": "MA0139.1",
#   "name": "CTCF",
#   "collection": "CORE",
#   "tax_group": "vertebrates",
#   "pfm": { "A": [...], "C": [...], "G": [...], "T": [...] },
#   "consensus": "CCGCGNGGNGGCAG",
#   "length": 19,
#   "species": [{"tax_id": 9606, "name": "Homo sapiens"}],
#   "class": ["C2H2 zinc finger factors"],
#   "family": ["BEN domain factors"],
#   "type": "ChIP-seq",
#   "uniprot_ids": ["P49711"]
# }
4. Download PFM/PWM as Matrix
python
import numpy as np

def get_pwm(matrix_id, pseudocount=0.8):
    """
    Fetch a PFM from JASPAR and convert to PWM (log-odds).
    Returns numpy array of shape (4, L) in order A, C, G, T.
    """
    matrix = get_matrix(matrix_id)
    pfm = matrix["pfm"]

    # Convert PFM to numpy
    pfm_array = np.array([pfm["A"], pfm["C"], pfm["G"], pfm["T"]], dtype=float)

    # Add pseudocount
    pfm_array += pseudocount

    # Normalize to get PPM
    ppm = pfm_array / pfm_array.sum(axis=0, keepdims=True)

    # Convert to PWM (log-odds relative to background 0.25)
    background = 0.25
    pwm = np.log2(ppm / background)

    return pwm, matrix["name"]

# Example
pwm, name = get_pwm("MA0139.1")  # CTCF
print(f"PWM for {name}: shape {pwm.shape}")
max_score = pwm.max(axis=0).sum()
print(f"Maximum possible score: {max_score:.2f} bits")
5. Scan a DNA Sequence for TF Binding Sites
python
import numpy as np
from typing import List, Tuple

NUCLEOTIDE_MAP = {'A': 0, 'C': 1, 'G': 2, 'T': 3,
                  'a': 0, 'c': 1, 'g': 2, 't': 3}

def scan_sequence(sequence: str, pwm: np.ndarray, threshold_pct: float = 0.8) -> List[dict]:
    """
    Scan a DNA sequence for TF binding sites using a PWM.

    Args:
        sequence: DNA sequence string
        pwm: PWM array (4 x L) in ACGT order
        threshold_pct: Fraction of max score to use as threshold (0-1)

    Returns:
        List of hits with position, score, and matched sequence
    """
    motif_len = pwm.shape[1]
    max_score = pwm.max(axis=0).sum()
    min_score = pwm.min(axis=0).sum()
    threshold = min_score + threshold_pct * (max_score - min_score)

    hits = []
    seq = sequence.upper()

    for i in range(len(seq) - motif_len + 1):
        subseq = seq[i:i + motif_len]
        # Skip if contains non-ACGT
        if any(c not in NUCLEOTIDE_MAP for c in subseq):
            continue

        score = sum(pwm[NUCLEOTIDE_MAP[c], j] for j, c in enumerate(subseq))

        if score >= threshold:
            relative_score = (score - min_score) / (max_score - min_score)
            hits.append({
                "position": i + 1,  # 1-based
                "score": score,
                "relative_score": relative_score,
                "sequence": subseq,
                "strand": "+"
            })

    return hits

# Example: Scan a promoter sequence for CTCF binding sites
promoter = "AGCCCGCGAGGNGGCAGTTGCCTGGAGCAGGATCAGCAGATC"
pwm, name = get_pwm("MA0139.1")
hits = scan_sequence(promoter, pwm, threshold_pct=0.75)
for hit in hits:
    print(f"  Position {hit['position']}: {hit['sequence']} (score: {hit['score']:.2f}, {hit['relative_score']:.0%})")
6. Scan Both Strands
python
def reverse_complement(seq: str) -> str:
    complement = {'A': 'T', 'T': 'A', 'C': 'G', 'G': 'C', 'N': 'N'}
    return ''.join(complement.get(b, 'N') for b in reversed(seq.upper()))

def scan_both_strands(sequence: str, pwm: np.ndarray, threshold_pct: float = 0.8):
    """Scan forward and reverse complement strands."""
    fwd_hits = scan_sequence(sequence, pwm, threshold_pct)
    for h in fwd_hits:
        h["strand"] = "+"

    rev_seq = reverse_complement(sequence)
    rev_hits = scan_sequence(rev_seq, pwm, threshold_pct)
    seq_len = len(sequence)
    for h in rev_hits:
        h["strand"] = "-"
        h["position"] = seq_len - h["position"] - len(h["sequence"]) + 2  # Convert to fwd coords

    all_hits = fwd_hits + rev_hits
    return sorted(all_hits, key=lambda x: x["position"])
7. Variant Impact on TF Binding
python
def variant_tfbs_impact(ref_seq: str, alt_seq: str, pwm: np.ndarray,
                          tf_name: str, threshold_pct: float = 0.7):
    """
    Assess impact of a SNP on TF binding by comparing ref vs alt sequences.
    Both sequences should be centered on the variant with flanking context.
    """
    ref_hits = scan_both_strands(ref_seq, pwm, threshold_pct)
    alt_hits = scan_both_strands(alt_seq, pwm, threshold_pct)

    max_ref = max((h["score"] for h in ref_hits), default=None)
    max_alt = max((h["score"] for h in alt_hits), default=None)

    result = {
        "tf": tf_name,
        "ref_max_score": max_ref,
        "alt_max_score": max_alt,
        "ref_has_site": len(ref_hits) > 0,
        "alt_has_site": len(alt_hits) > 0,
    }
    if max_ref and max_alt:
        result["score_change"] = max_alt - max_ref
        result["effect"] = "gained" if max_alt > max_ref else "disrupted"
    elif max_ref and not max_alt:
        result["effect"] = "disrupted"
    elif not max_ref and max_alt:
        result["effect"] = "gained"
    else:
        result["effect"] = "no_site"

    return result

Query Workflows

Workflow 1: Find All TF Binding Sites in a Promoter
python
import requests, numpy as np

# 1. Get relevant TF matrices (e.g., all human TFs in CORE collection)
response = requests.get(
    "https://jaspar.elixir.no/api/v1/matrix/",
    params={"species": "9606", "collection": "CORE", "page_size": 500, "page": 1}
)
matrices = response.json()["results"]

# 2. For each matrix, compute PWM and scan promoter
promoter = "CCCGCCCGCCCGCCGCCCGCAGTTAATGAGCCCAGCGTGCC"  # Example

all_hits = []
for m in matrices[:10]:  # Limit for demo
    pwm_data = requests.get(f"https://jaspar.elixir.no/api/v1/matrix/{m['matrix_id']}/").json()
    pfm = pfm_data["pfm"]
    pfm_arr = np.array([pfm["A"], pfm["C"], pfm["G"], pfm["T"]], dtype=float) + 0.8
    ppm = pfm_arr / pfm_arr.sum(axis=0)
    pwm = np.log2(ppm / 0.25)

    hits = scan_sequence(promoter, pwm, threshold_pct=0.8)
    for h in hits:
        h["tf_name"] = m["name"]
        h["matrix_id"] = m["matrix_id"]
    all_hits.extend(hits)

print(f"Found {len(all_hits)} TF binding sites")
for h in sorted(all_hits, key=lambda x: -x["score"])[:5]:
    print(f"  {h['tf_name']} ({h['matrix_id']}): pos {h['position']}, score {h['score']:.2f}")
Workflow 2: SNP Impact on TF Binding (Regulatory Variant Analysis)
  1. Retrieve the genomic sequence flanking the SNP (±20 bp each side)
  2. Construct ref and alt sequences
  3. Scan with all relevant TF PWMs
  4. Report TFs whose binding is created or destroyed by the SNP
Show full SKILL.md (212 more words)Show less
Workflow 3: Motif Enrichment Analysis
  1. Identify a set of peak sequences (e.g., from ChIP-seq or ATAC-seq)
  2. Scan all peaks with JASPAR PWMs
  3. Compare hit rates in peaks vs. background sequences
  4. Report significantly enriched motifs (Fisher's exact test or FIMO-style scoring)

Collections Available

CollectionDescriptionProfiles
CORENon-redundant, high-quality profiles~1,210
UNVALIDATEDExperimentally derived but not validated~500
PHYLOFACTSPhylogenetically conserved sites~50
CNEConserved non-coding elements~30
POLIIRNA Pol II binding profiles~20
FAMTF family representative profiles~170
SPLICESplice factor profiles~20

Best Practices

  • Use CORE collection for most analyses — best validated and non-redundant
  • Threshold selection: 80% of max score is common for de novo prediction; 90% for high-confidence
  • Always scan both strands — TFs can bind in either orientation
  • Provide flanking context for variant analysis: at least (motif_length - 1) bp on each side
  • Consider background: PWM scores relative to uniform (0.25) background; adjust for actual GC content
  • Cross-validate with ChIP-seq data when available — motif scanning has many false positives
  • Use Biopython's motifs module for full-featured scanning: from Bio import motifs

Additional Resources

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Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/12-科学数据库/jaspar-database of LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills.

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  • references/api_reference.md

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Questions about Jaspar Database

What does Jaspar Database do?

Query JASPAR for transcription factor binding site (TFBS) profiles (PWMs/PFMs). Jaspar Database is an agent skill from LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills. Query JASPAR for transcription factor binding site (TFBS) profiles (PWMs/PFMs).

When should I use Jaspar Database?

Jaspar Database fits situations like: tasks that involve Bioinformatics; tasks that involve Transcription.

How do I install Jaspar Database in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills --skill jaspar-database -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/12-科学数据库/jaspar-database in LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills) into .claude/skills/jaspar-database in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Jaspar Database in Codex?

Run `npx skills add LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills --skill jaspar-database -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/12-科学数据库/jaspar-database in LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills) into .agents/skills/jaspar-database in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Jaspar Database 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 LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills --skill jaspar-database -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/jaspar-database, .gemini/skills/jaspar-database, .github/skills/jaspar-database and .opencode/skills/jaspar-database in your project.

What does Jaspar Database need to run?

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

Does Jaspar Database access the network?

SKILL.md names 5 domains. In commands or code: jaspar.elixir.no; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: biopython.org, meme-suite.org, homer.ucsd.edu and github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Jaspar Database 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 Jaspar Database use?

Jaspar Database is published under the CC0-1.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Jaspar Database use?

About 3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 12k 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 1.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

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Who maintains Jaspar Database?

LeonChaoX (a GitHub user) maintains it in LeonChaoX/qinyan-academic-skills, which has 943 GitHub stars. The repository holds 31 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 20, 2026.

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