All Skills

Discover which bioinformatics software tool, biomedical REST API, R/Bioconductor package, CRAN package, or training material exists for a task, before writing analysis code or building a pipeline. Covers ELIXIR bio.tools (30,000+ software tools/databases by keyword, EDAM topic, or EDAM operation), SmartAPI (biomedical API registry, incl. NCATS Translator components), ELIXIR TeSS (bioinformatics training materials/events), Bioconductor (R packages for computational biology), and CRAN (general R packages). Use when someone asks 'is there an existing tool/package for X', 'what software does [analysis]', 'find an API for Y', or 'is there a tutorial on Z'.

Analyze protein-protein interaction networks using STRING, BioGRID, and SASBDB databases. Maps protein identifiers, retrieves interaction networks with confidence scores, performs functional enrichment analysis (GO/KEGG/Reactome), and optionally includes structural data. No API key required for core functionality (STRING). Use when analyzing protein networks, discovering interaction partners, identifying functional modules, or studying protein complexes.

Trace drug mechanism of action — primary target → downstream signaling → pathway perturbation → tissue/organ effect → clinical outcome. Uses DrugBank, ChEMBL, KEGG, Reactome, STRING. Use for understanding how a drug works, identifying off-target effects, mechanism-based combination therapy design, and writing mechanism sections of reports.

Rare disease differential diagnosis from patient phenotype — HPO term matching to candidate diseases (Orphanet, OMIM), gene panel prioritization, ACMG variant interpretation, and structure-based variant analysis. Use for diagnostic odyssey assistance, phenotype-to-disease ranking, and genetic-counseling differential generation.

GWAS Fine-Mapping & Causal Variant Prioritization

Meta-analysis / evidence synthesis — pool effect sizes across studies (odds ratios, risk ratios, hazard ratios, mean differences, correlations, GWAS betas) with fixed- or random-effects models, quantify heterogeneity (Q, I², τ²), and build a forest plot. Use when you have results from MULTIPLE studies and need a single pooled estimate, or to synthesize evidence from a systematic review / multiple GWAS / replicated experiments. Handles the error-prone effect-size + standard-error preparation (converting OR/HR/CI, two-group means±SD, proportions, and correlations into the (effect, SE) the pooling step needs).

Rapid pathogen characterization and drug repurposing for outbreaks. Combines pathogen genomics (NCBI, BVBRC), host immune response (IEDB), drug-target databases (ChEMBL, DGIdb), and literature surveillance (PubMed/EuropePMC). Use for emerging-pathogen profiling, antiviral candidate identification, and outbreak intelligence reporting.

Set up, launch, validate, and troubleshoot the official DeepMind Enformer (TF-Hub SavedModel) genomic track prediction ToolUniverse remote tool and optionally relay it through ToolUniverse Connect. Use when deploying or auditing this implementation.

HLA gene-family analysis and MHC-peptide binding for transplant compatibility, vaccine epitope coverage, and cancer immunotherapy. Uses IMGT (HLA polymorphism), IEDB (epitope-MHC binding), UniProt (annotation), DGIdb (druggability). Use for HLA typing/imputation review, vaccine HLA coverage, and immunotherapy prediction biomarkers (HLA-LOH, neoantigen presentation).

Functional annotation of protein variants — ProtVar structural/functional context, ClinVar clinical classifications, gnomAD population frequencies, CADD deleteriousness, ClinGen gene-disease validity, plus FAVOR one-call comprehensive GRCh38 annotation. Use for variant annotation pipelines, missense effect prediction, and protein-level variant interpretation with functional context.

Automatically discover life science APIs online, create ToolUniverse tools, validate them, and prepare integration PRs. Performs gap analysis to identify missing tool categories, web searches for APIs, automated tool creation using devtu-create-tool patterns, validation with devtu-fix-tool, and git workflow management. Use when expanding ToolUniverse coverage, adding new API integrations, or systematically discovering scientific resources.

Inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, and materials science — crystal structures, coordination chemistry, lattice parameters, thermodynamic properties, electronic structure. Use for unit cell volume calculations, coordination geometry, materials property estimation, and inorganic-mechanism reasoning. Complementary to tooluniverse-organic-chemistry.

Microbiome research using MGnify, GTDB, ENA, OLS (ENVO biomes), EuropePMC, BacDive (strain phenotypes), MediaDive (growth media recipes), and GMrepo (gut microbiome disease-association counts). Covers study discovery, taxonomic profiling, host-microbe interaction analysis, biome-by-condition queries, strain culturing requirements, and phenotype/disease prevalence lookups. Use for microbiome study selection, organism-environment associations, clinical-microbiome literature review, and "how do I grow this organism" / "how prevalent is this species in condition X" questions. Distinct from analytical workflow (use tooluniverse-metagenomics-analysis for that).

TCGA/GDC cancer genomics analysis — cohort construction, clinical metadata retrieval, somatic mutation frequencies, survival analysis, and multi-omics integration. Use for TCGA-BRCA-style cohort studies, mutation prevalence by cancer type, survival-by-mutation analysis, and pan-cancer driver discovery. Always cancer-type-specific (don't use pan-cancer counts without cohort context).

Optimize ToolUniverse skills for better report quality, evidence handling, and user experience. Apply patterns like tool verification, foundation data layers, disambiguation-first, evidence grading, quantified completeness, and report-only output. Use when reviewing skills, improving existing skills, or creating new ToolUniverse research skills.

GPCR receptor pharmacology — agonist/antagonist/inverse-agonist/biased-agonist classification, GPCRdb structural data, receptor-ligand binding analysis, antibody-target interface (SAbDab). Use for GPCR drug discovery, biased-agonism analysis, receptor subtype selectivity questions, and orthosteric vs allosteric pocket characterization.

Diagnostic test / biomarker accuracy — sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, likelihood ratios, accuracy from a 2x2 table; ROC curve, AUC, and the optimal cutoff (Youden) for a continuous biomarker; and post-test probability via Bayes. Use when you have test results vs a gold standard (binary 2x2, or a continuous score + true labels) and need to judge how good the test is, pick a threshold, or compute the probability of disease given a result. Emphasizes the prevalence-dependence of PPV/NPV.

RNA-seq differential expression analysis with DESeq2, edgeR, and limma-voom — DEG lists, fold changes, dispersion estimation, design formulas including covariates, multi-condition contrasts, and Venn-set operations across groups. Routes across DESeq2 (default), edgeR (QL-F / exact test for small replicate counts), and limma-voom (large n / complex designs). Use when you have a count matrix + metadata, want to find DEGs, or need dispersion/PCA/clustering analysis. Includes RULE ZERO precedence (read executed.ipynb if present).

Clinical interpretation of somatic cancer mutations for precision oncology. Transforms a gene + variant + cancer-type input into an actionable report: clinical evidence tier (CIViC, OncoKB), therapeutic options (FDA-approved + investigational), resistance mechanisms, prognosis, and matching clinical trials. Use for tumor-board variant calls, somatic-mutation actionability assessment, and treatment selection. Always cancer-type-specific.

Retrieve chemical compound data from PubChem and ChEMBL with disambiguation, cross-referencing, and stereochemistry handling. Use for resolving compound names to SMILES/InChI/CID/ChEMBL IDs (including OPSIN deterministic IUPAC-name-to-structure parsing), fetching molecular properties, distinguishing isomers/stereo forms, and cross-validating identity across databases. Always use English compound names; flags ambiguous queries (e.g., Vitamin D has multiple forms).

Multi-omics integration — orchestrate per-layer analysis (transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenomics, genomics, metabolomics) then perform cross-omics correlation, multi-omics clustering, and pathway-level integration. Use for integrative systems-biology analysis, multi-modal disease characterization, and cross-omics biomarker discovery.

Find commercial sources for chemical compounds — PubChem/ChEMBL identity resolution then vendor catalog search across ZINC, Enamine, eMolecules, Mcule. Compares pricing, availability, and identifies purchasable analogs when an exact compound is not in stock. Use for chemical procurement, virtual library curation, and 'where can I buy X' questions for synthesis planning.

Comprehensive disease characterization across genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and pathways for systems-level understanding. Identifies therapeutic opportunities and biomarker candidates by integrating multi-layer molecular data. Use for full-omics disease deep-dive reports, mechanism mapping, and biomarker-and-target identification from multi-omics data.

End-to-end observational epidemiology analysis — from research question (PECO Population/Exposure/Comparator/Outcome) to publication-ready statistical report. Covers cohort/case-control/cross-sectional design, regression with confounders, propensity scoring, sensitivity analysis. Writes Python code for every step. Use for epidemiology study analysis, NHANES/UK-Biobank-style analyses.