Scientific Agent Skills: 177 Research Skills for Claude
K-Dense's Scientific Agent Skills gives Claude 177 skills for bioinformatics, chemistry, clinical research, physics, ML and lab automation. Install and caveats.
By Claudekit Team Published 1 min read
- Category
- Science
- Source
- github.com
- Repository
- github.com
- GitHub stars
- 54,287
- License
- MIT
Install
npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skillsScientific Agent Skills (formerly Claude Scientific Skills) by K-Dense is a library of 177 scientific and research skills following the open Agent Skills standard. Each skill teaches the agent how to use specialized libraries, databases and workflows, turning Claude Code into what the authors call an “AI Scientist” on your desktop. The work is described in an arXiv paper (2609.00065).
What it covers
Bioinformatics and genomics, cheminformatics and drug discovery, proteomics, clinical research, microscopy and digital pathology, neuroscience, machine learning, materials science, physics and astronomy, engineering simulation, geospatial analysis, lab automation, protein engineering, scientific writing and research methodology, with access to 100+ scientific databases.
Install
The README’s standards-based installer:
npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skillsGitHub CLI 2.90+ users can use gh skill instead, or clone the repo into ~/.agents/skills/. You will also want uv for Python dependencies.
Example prompts
Run a single-cell RNA-seq QC and clustering workflow on this AnnData file
Screen these SMILES strings for drug-likeness and ADMET risks
Pull variant annotations for these rsIDs and summarize clinical evidence
Make publication-quality figures from this results CSVTips and limits
- 177 skills means many descriptions in context; install the subset for your field if your host allows selection.
- Each skill lists its own packages, credentials and network needs; check before running.
- Version 2.72.0 stopped bundling Anthropic’s document skills; install docx, pdf, pptx and xlsx separately.
- Research aid only: validate methods and results like any other analysis.
Related: Hugging Face skills, best Claude Code skills.
Frequently asked questions
Is this the same as Claude Scientific Skills?
Yes. The project was renamed from Claude Scientific Skills to Scientific Agent Skills to reflect support for any Agent Skills host, not just Claude.
Do the skills install their Python dependencies?
No. Installing the skill files does not install packages. Follow each skill's compatibility field; uv is the recommended package manager.
Can it make clinical decisions?
No. The project scopes healthcare skills to research workflows, explicitly not patient-specific diagnosis, treatment or deployment decisions.