Updated 1mo ago
by SteveTangent
goose-bio-skills
Research-first bioinformatics agent Skills with one-job boundaries, fact-first intake, and disclosure-first optional connectors.
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- 29 skills (29 skills found in its SKILL.md files)
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- 1mo ago last update (Last updated 1mo ago)
Install
Skills CLI
npx skills add SteveTangent/goose-bio-skills
Asks which skills and agents to install. Just one: npx skills add SteveTangent/goose-bio-skills --skill alignment-file-operations — add -g for every project.
Claude Code
git clone https://github.com/SteveTangent/goose-bio-skillscp -r "goose-bio-skills/skills/alignment-file-operations" ~/.claude/skills/
Copies the alignment-file-operations skill into ~/.claude/skills/ for every project (use .claude/skills/ for one project). Repeat for the other skills listed below.
Plugin
/plugin marketplace add SteveTangent/goose-bio-skills
Run inside Claude Code if the repository ships a plugin marketplace, then pick plugins from /plugin.
Skills can run code on your machine — read the SKILL.md first.
What it does
In the author's own words, from each skill's SKILL.md — showing the first 29 of 60 files.
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alignment-file-operations
Inspect, sort, index, filter, convert or summarize existing SAM/BAM/CRAM alignments. Exclude read alignment, variant calling and biological interpretation.
skills/alignment-file-operations/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
amplicon-alpha-diversity-analysis
Calculate per-sample observed features, Shannon and Simpson alpha diversity from amplicon integer-count TSVs. Return not-estimable for zero depth; exclude normalization, beta diversity and group tests.
skills/amplicon-alpha-diversity-analysis/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
amplicon-beta-diversity-distance-analysis
Calculate Bray-Curtis or binary Jaccard sample distances from amplicon integer-count TSVs. Exclude normalization, ordination, PERMANOVA and biological interpretation.
skills/amplicon-beta-diversity-distance-analysis/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
amplicon-feature-table-and-taxonomy-qc
Check amplicon feature-count TSVs, sample metadata and optional taxonomy for structural consistency. Exclude filtering, diversity analysis, taxonomic assignment and contamination decisions.
skills/amplicon-feature-table-and-taxonomy-qc/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
bioinformatics-format-and-identifier-validation
Validate FASTA/FASTQ/GenBank, SAM/BAM/CRAM, VCF/BCF structure or NCBI/UniProt identifier syntax, with optional exact-accession existence checks. Exclude retrieval, remapping, conversion and format-specific biological interpretation.
skills/bioinformatics-format-and-identifier-validation/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
bioinformatics-qc-and-publication-reporting
Assemble local analysis outputs into a source-linked report and execution-methods record. Exclude: Invented results, automatic scientific certification, clinical advice, manuscript conclusions and analysis reruns.
skills/bioinformatics-qc-and-publication-reporting/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
bioinformatics-result-visualization
Export source-backed volcano, PCA, heatmap, group, correlation, concordance, marker or embedding figures. Exclude: Invented values, silent scale conversion, automatic feature fishing, biological conclusions and new statistical tests.
skills/bioinformatics-result-visualization/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
biological-database-record-retrieval-and-identifier-resolution
Resolve gene identifiers with a declared local mapping table or retrieve bounded public gene, transcript and protein records. Preserve ambiguous mappings and provenance; exclude remote bulk jobs, literature and clinical interpretation.
skills/biological-database-record-retrieval-and-identifier-resolution/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
biomedical-literature-and-public-study-search
Find biomedical publications and public study accessions from a research question. Exclude evidence synthesis, read downloads and clinical recommendations.
skills/biomedical-literature-and-public-study-search/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
bulk-rnaseq-gene-count-matrix-assembly
Assemble a gene-count matrix from completed compatible single-sample counting reports with the same annotation and assignment policy. Exclude read counting, normalization and differential expression.
skills/bulk-rnaseq-gene-count-matrix-assembly/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
bulk-rnaseq-gene-counting-from-alignment
Count primary single-end SAM alignments against a GTF with explicit strand and MAPQ policies. Exclude paired-end counting, transcript quantification and differential expression.
skills/bulk-rnaseq-gene-counting-from-alignment/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
chemical-similarity-and-substructure-search
Search chemical similarity or substructures with declared molecular representations and search settings. Exclude inferring activity, efficacy or safety from structural matches.
skills/chemical-similarity-and-substructure-search/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
chromatin-peak-set-qc
Check up to four same-build BED3 or narrowPeak sets with declared contig lengths and optional blacklist. Exclude peak calling, FRiP, IDR, consensus construction and biological interpretation.
skills/chromatin-peak-set-qc/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
correlation-and-association-screening
Screen explicitly selected Pearson or Spearman variable pairs with optional bounded permutation inference. Exclude: Automatic all-pairs mining, batch adjustment, repeated measures, partial correlation and causal inference.
skills/correlation-and-association-screening/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
count-based-differential-expression
Analyze raw count matrices and sample metadata for one declared differential-expression contrast. Use the bounded local DESeq2 adapter when compatible; exclude FASTQ processing, enrichment and cross-adapter parity claims.
skills/count-based-differential-expression/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
distance-matrix-principal-coordinates-analysis
Run classical PCoA on an existing complete sample distance matrix or native beta-diversity distances, retaining negative eigenvalues. Exclude abundance preprocessing, PCA, PERMANOVA and group inference.
skills/distance-matrix-principal-coordinates-analysis/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
environment-and-provenance-capture
Record, compare or verify a biological analysis environment and provenance manifest. Exclude installation, upgrades, pipeline execution and workflow authoring.
skills/environment-and-provenance-capture/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
evidence-synthesis-and-research-traceability
Synthesize an identified biomedical evidence corpus with claim-to-source traceability and uncertainty. Exclude primary literature discovery and clinical decision authority.
skills/evidence-synthesis-and-research-traceability/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
experimental-design-power-and-batch-planning
Plan sample size, power, allocation, randomization, blocking or confounding review for a biological study. Exclude wet-lab execution, invented effect sizes and claims that analysis repairs complete confounding.
skills/experimental-design-power-and-batch-planning/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
fcs-file-io-and-metadata-qc
Inspect FCS structure, channels and metadata before cytometry analysis. Exclude compensation, gating, cell classification and clinical interpretation.
skills/fcs-file-io-and-metadata-qc/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
flow-cytometry-arcsinh-transformation
Apply arcsinh to declared cytometry event columns using explicit positive cofactors. Exclude selecting cofactors, compensation, gating and cell classification.
skills/flow-cytometry-arcsinh-transformation/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
flow-cytometry-compensation-application
Apply a supplied spillover matrix to a compatible cytometry event TSV. Exclude estimating spillover, raw FCS parsing, gating and clinical interpretation.
skills/flow-cytometry-compensation-application/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
genomic-interval-operations
Merge or intersect same-build BED3 intervals with explicit coordinate, strand, duplicate and adjacency policies. Guide broader interval tasks only with a declared compatible tool; exclude liftover, peak calling and biological consensus claims.
skills/genomic-interval-operations/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
gff-gtf-gene-model-qc
Check a declared GFF/GTF gene model against explicit contig lengths and coordinate conventions. Exclude annotation repair, sequence retrieval and expression quantification.
skills/gff-gtf-gene-model-qc/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
human-variant-evidence-retrieval
Retrieve bounded ClinVar evidence for one to five exact Variation IDs or VCV accessions. Exclude allele search, RCV lookup, pathogenicity reassessment and clinical decisions.
skills/human-variant-evidence-retrieval/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
independent-2x2-categorical-comparison
Compare one independent 2x2 integer count table with a two-sided Fisher exact test and conditional odds ratio confidence interval. Exclude paired data, repeated subjects, weights, regression and population risk estimation.
skills/independent-2x2-categorical-comparison/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
junction-psi-and-delta-analysis
Calculate descriptive PSI and between-group delta PSI from declared inclusion/exclusion counts and minimum coverage. Exclude alignment processing, event inference and significance testing.
skills/junction-psi-and-delta-analysis/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
kaplan-meier-survival-analysis
Estimate Kaplan-Meier survival from declared follow-up times and binary event indicators. Exclude log-rank tests, Cox models, competing risks and clinical recommendations.
skills/kaplan-meier-survival-analysis/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
molecule-standardization-and-descriptors
Clean SMILES/SDF records, normalize molecular structures and compute declared descriptors. Exclude similarity search, QSAR training and biological activity or mechanism claims.
skills/molecule-standardization-and-descriptors/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
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Review before you install
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