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Bioinformatics tool, API and package discovery v1.0.0

Use this resource to check that a tool or API already exists before writing code

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install bioinformatics-tool-discovery

With no option, the skill goes to ~/.agents/skills/; add --agent claude-code (or codex, cursor…) to target an agent.

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

The agent queries five registries (bio.tools, SmartAPI, TeSS, Bioconductor, CRAN), picks the one that fits the task and avoids common pitfalls. It checks before answering and does not assume a tool exists.

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Updated November 2, 2026

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Licence
Apache-2.0

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What you get

  • SKILL.md: the five registries and how to use them
  • SKILL.md: selection criteria and common pitfalls

Good fit for

  • You are looking for software before building a pipeline
  • You want the base URL of a biomedical API

Not for

    Tags

    • bio.tools
    • Bioconductor
    • API
    • software

    About

    You say

    “Is there already an R package for analyzing ChIP-seq data?”

    Card for the “Bioinformatics tool, API and package discovery” skill

    Skill published by mims-harvard under the Apache-2.0 license, delivered in its original version.

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    How to use it

    1. Install the skill in your agent's skills folder
    2. Ask your agent to check that a tool or API already exists before writing code
    3. Review and adjust the result

    Content preview

    Files

    • LICENSE11.1 KB
    • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.5 KB
    • SKILL.md10 KB

    Origin and licence

    Listed unmodified

    Author
    mims-harvard
    Source
    github.com/mims-harvard/tooluniverse/tree/169d065deeb3e289b3ff36d665529a123bdad791/skills/tooluniverse-bioinformatics-resource-discovery
    Licence
    Apache-2.0

    Notice

    « tooluniverse-bioinformatics-resource-discovery » (mims-harvard, Apache-2.0) livré dans sa version d'origine : fiche en français et en anglais par PalateKit.

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