Agent skill

Protein Sequence Function

by VectorSpaceLab in VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill

A skill your agent uses for PaddleHelix protein sequence pretraining, prediction, protein function workflows, tokenizer/model guidance, and safe protein input validation.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Protein Sequence Function

skills CLI
$ npx skills add VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill --skill protein-sequence-function -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill protein-sequence-function --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/VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/repositories/repo-skills/paddlehelix/sub-skills/protein-sequence-function .claude/skills/protein-sequence-function && 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
protein-sequence-function
GitHub stars
328
Token cost
~921 tokens
SKILL.md length
335 words
Files
6 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
157
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

A skill your agent uses for PaddleHelix protein sequence pretraining, prediction, protein function workflows, tokenizer/model guidance, and safe protein input validation.

  • Works in 4 steps: Classify the request as TAPE sequence… → Validate sequences and model config… → Check that all user-provided data,… → …
  • PaddleHelix protein sequence pretraining
  • SKILL.md covers Route First, Safe First Steps, Bundled Helper and Reference Map, plus 1 more section
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python

What it does

Protein Sequence Function is an agent skill from VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill. Use for PaddleHelix protein sequence pretraining, prediction, protein function workflows, tokenizer/model guidance, and safe protein input validation.

Its SKILL.md is about 920 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `references/api-reference.md`, `references/data-formats.md` and `references/troubleshooting.md`).

It sits in Research & Science. The repository describes itself as: A Skill Library for Automated Machine Learning.

When your agent uses it

  • PaddleHelix protein sequence pretraining
  • Protein function workflows
  • Tokenizer/model guidance
  • Safe protein input validation

Example prompts

  • “/protein-sequence-function”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Classify the request as TAPE sequence modeling, graph-based function prediction, PPI, or HelixProtX multimodal protein routing.
  2. Validate sequences and model config before constructing a training/eval/predict command.
  3. Check that all user-provided data, checkpoint, graph, and label paths are explicit; do not assume app defaults are valid.
  4. Confirm before starting downloads, training, GPU/distributed jobs, graph preprocessing over PDB, or HelixProtX demos.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ac3fe1a. 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

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python

    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

Protein Sequence Function loads about 921 tokens when it runs, and up to ~7.7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 44 tokens; SKILL.md has 335 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~44
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~921
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~7.7k

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 335 words (~921 tokens).

“Use this sub-skill when the task asks about PaddleHelix TAPE-style protein sequence models, protein property prediction, protein function prediction apps, protein sequence tokenization, FASTA/plain sequence validation, PPI routing, or HelixProtX high-level protein modality routing.”

— opening of SKILL.md by VectorSpaceLab, Custom licence
name
protein-sequence-function
disable-model-invocation
true
metadata.disco-role
operating
license
NOASSERTION

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 5 other files (scripts, references) in skills/repositories/repo-skills/paddlehelix/sub-skills/protein-sequence-function of VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/api-reference.md
  • references/data-formats.md
  • references/troubleshooting.md
  • references/workflows.md
  • scripts/validate_protein_inputs.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ac3fe1a

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Questions about Protein Sequence Function

What does Protein Sequence Function do?

A skill your agent uses for PaddleHelix protein sequence pretraining, prediction, protein function workflows, tokenizer/model guidance, and safe protein input validation. Protein Sequence Function is an agent skill from VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill. Use for PaddleHelix protein sequence pretraining, prediction, protein function workflows, tokenizer/model guidance, and safe protein input validation.

When should I use Protein Sequence Function?

Protein Sequence Function fits situations like: paddleHelix protein sequence pretraining; protein function workflows; tokenizer/model guidance; safe protein input validation.

How do I install Protein Sequence Function in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill --skill protein-sequence-function -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/repositories/repo-skills/paddlehelix/sub-skills/protein-sequence-function in VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill) into .claude/skills/protein-sequence-function in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Protein Sequence Function in Codex?

Run `npx skills add VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill --skill protein-sequence-function -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/repositories/repo-skills/paddlehelix/sub-skills/protein-sequence-function in VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill) into .agents/skills/protein-sequence-function in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Protein Sequence Function 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 VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill --skill protein-sequence-function -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/protein-sequence-function, .gemini/skills/protein-sequence-function, .github/skills/protein-sequence-function and .opencode/skills/protein-sequence-function in your project.

What does Protein Sequence Function need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Protein Sequence Function needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Protein Sequence Function 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 Protein Sequence Function 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Protein Sequence Function use?

Protein Sequence Function has a licence file (declared in SKILL.md) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Protein Sequence Function use?

About 921 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.7k 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 6.8k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Protein Sequence Function?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Protein Sequence Function: Hypothesis Generation (spacering-net/codeg, 3.8k stars), GitHub Deep Research (bytedance/deer-flow, 83k stars), Nature Paper Card (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 46k stars) and Read arXiv Paper (karpathy/nanochat, 58k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Protein Sequence Function?

VectorSpaceLab (a GitHub organization) maintains it in VectorSpaceLab/AREX-Skill, which has 328 GitHub stars. The repository holds 157 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 3, 2026.

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