ncbi-blast-api
Run sequence similarity searches via the NCBI BLAST REST API
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill ncbi-blast-api --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# NCBI BLAST REST API ## Overview BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool) is the most widely used bioinformatics tool, comparing nucleotide or protein sequences against databases to find regions of similarity. The NCBI BLAST REST API enables programmatic submission of searches, status polling, and result retrieval. Free, no authentication required (but rate-limited). ## API Workflow BLAST search
What does the ncbi-blast-api skill do?
Run sequence similarity searches via the NCBI BLAST REST API
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills --skill ncbi-blast-api --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, a repository with 3,244 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.