150+ Ready-to-Use Skills: Open-Source Project Turns Any AI Agent into a Scientist
tomchapin · x · 2026-07-28
K-Dense released the scientific-agent-skills project, designed to turn any AI Agent into a powerful AI scientist.
Key Features:
- Massive Skill Library: Includes 150+ ready-to-use skills across biology, chemistry, medicine, and drug discovery.
- Database Integration: Accesses 100+ scientific databases (like PubChem, ChEMBL, UniProt) via a unified lookup skill.
- Toolchain Support: Pre-documents 70+ optimized Python package skills, covering RDKit, Scanpy, PyTorch Lightning, etc.
- High Compatibility: Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and any host on the open Agent Skills standard. Installable via npx skills add.
It supports automated execution of complex scientific workflows ranging from RNA-seq pipelines and molecular docking to clinical trial analysis.
More from coding & agent
- Nativ v0.1.0 Released: Run AI Models Locally on Apple Silicon with Multi-IDE Support — max_paperclips · 2026-07-28
- CodeGraph made local token counts spike, but provider logs showed the run used fewer tokens — TruthTellerTom · 2026-07-28
- A practical guide to when to use ChatGPT, Claude, and agent modes — Simon Willison · 2026-07-28
- Locally Hosted Kimi K3 Beats Cloud GPT-5.6 in 3D Physics Generation — rohanpaul_ai · 2026-07-28
- Hermes Desktop Avatar wraps a local agent in an always-on-top chat UI — TinfoilTricorn · 2026-07-28
- Berkeley-led paper maps three autonomy levels for software development — dawnsongtweets · 2026-07-28