skills-hub
Browse and install community skills from the BioClaw Skills Hub. Use when a user's task is not covered by built-in skills, or when the user asks about available skills, advanced workflows, or specialized analysis pipelines. Triggers on "skills hub", "more skills", "install skill", "community skills", "find a skill for".
npx skills add BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill skills-hub --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.
# Skills Hub Browser Search, browse, and install community-contributed skills from the [BioClaw Skills Hub](https://github.com/zongtingwei/Bioclaw_Skills_Hub). The Hub contains 70+ specialized bioinformatics skills organized into domains. Skills downloaded from the Hub are cached locally so they persist for the rest of the session. ## When to Use - User requests an analysis not covered by the built-in skills listed in your system prompt - User asks "what other skills are available" or "do you have a skill for X" - User needs a specialized pipeline (e.g., protein design, EHR analysis, spatial transcriptomics workflows beyond the built-in) ## Hub Structure The Hub organizes skills into these domains: | Domain | Examples | |--------|----------| | `core-bioinformatics` | alignment-and-mapping, read-qc, sequence-io, database-access | | `transcriptomics` | bulk-rna-expression, differential-expression | | `single-cell-and-spatial` | scrna-preprocessing, spatial-transcriptomics, cell-annotation | | `epigenomics-and-regulation` | atac-seq, chip-seq, dna-methylation | | `genomics-and-variation` | variant-calling, genome-assembly, long-read-genomics | | `metagenomics-and-microbiome` | metagen
- When to Use
- Hub Structure
- How to Execute
- Step 1: Fetch the taxonomy (skill index)
- Step 2: List skills in a specific domain
- Step 3: Download and read a skill
- Step 4: Install dependencies (if needed)
- Step 5: Execute the skill
- Important Notes
curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zongtingwei/Bioclaw_Skills_Hub/main/catalog/taxonomy.yaml"
curl -sL "https://api.github.com/repos/zongtingwei/Bioclaw_Skills_Hub/contents/skills/<domain>" | python3 -c "
import json, sys
for item in json.load(sys.stdin):
if item['type'] == 'dir':
Download the SKILL.md
mkdir -p "${CACHE_DIR}"
curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zongtingwei/Bioclaw_Skills_Hub/main/skills/${DOMAIN}/${SKILL}/SKILL.md" \
pip install <package> --quiet 2>/dev/nullWhat does the skills-hub skill do?
Browse and install community skills from the BioClaw Skills Hub. Use when a user's task is not covered by built-in skills, or when the user asks about available skills, advanced workflows, or specialized analysis pipelines. Triggers on "skills hub", "more skills", "install skill", "community skills", "find a skill for".
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills --skill skills-hub --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 BioTender-max/awesome-bio-agent-skills, a repository with 135 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.
