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Uniprot Database

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jimmc414·vlatest·database

Access and retrieve protein sequence, function, and annotation data from the UniProt knowledge base.

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Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

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    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add jimmc414/kosmos --skill uniprot-database -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

jimmc414

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Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill failed 1 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

  • No undeclared network calls: failed

    Contacts 1 host that is neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: rest.uniprot.org.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

    Hosts contacted

    rest.uniprot.orgundeclared

    What it found (3 of 10)

    • kosmos-claude-scientific-skills/scientific-skills/uniprot-database/references/api_examples.md:155contacts rest.uniprot.org
      curl "https://rest.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/search?query=insulin&format=json&size=5"
    • kosmos-claude-scientific-skills/scientific-skills/uniprot-database/references/api_examples.md:161contacts rest.uniprot.org
      curl "https://rest.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/P01308.fasta"
    • kosmos-claude-scientific-skills/scientific-skills/uniprot-database/references/api_examples.md:167contacts rest.uniprot.org
      curl "https://rest.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/search?query=gene:BRCA1&format=tsv&fields=accession,gene_names,length"

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned jimmc414/kosmos at 6cfe7f690d.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
6cfe7f690d
Manifest
kosmos-claude-scientific-skills/scientific-skills/uniprot-database/SKILL.md
Scanned
6 files, 1,548 lines
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About this skill

What it does

This skill provides access to the UniProt database, a comprehensive resource for protein information. It allows you to retrieve data about proteins, including their sequences, functions, and interactions. You can use this skill to answer questions related to specific proteins or explore broader biological concepts involving proteins.

When to use it

  • Researching a specific protein: Need details on the function of BRCA1 in DNA repair? This skill can provide that information.
  • Understanding disease mechanisms: Investigate how mutations in a particular protein contribute to a genetic disorder.
  • Analyzing protein interactions: Discover which other proteins interact with a target protein and what pathways they participate in.
  • Validating experimental results: Confirm findings from lab experiments by comparing data against the UniProt database records.

Key capabilities

  • Protein sequence retrieval
  • Functional annotation lookup
  • Interaction mapping
  • Cross-reference information (e.g., links to other databases)

Example prompts

  • "Tell me about the function of hemoglobin."
  • "What is the protein sequence for human insulin?"
  • "List all known interactions for EGFR."

Tips & gotchas

  • UniProt contains a vast amount of data; be specific in your queries to get relevant results.
  • Results may include technical terminology, so some background knowledge in biology or biochemistry can be helpful.