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Scientific Agent Skills

More than 160 agent skills for scientific work, spanning research databases, analysis tools, and scientific writing workflows.

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Project overview

Scientific Agent Skills is a Agent Skill built around more than 160 agent skills for scientific work, spanning research databases, analysis tools, and scientific writing workflows. Its value is practical: literature and database search and scientific data analysis are available from one documented project, while the repository remains inspectable before it is added to an agent workflow.

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Core capabilities

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Literature and database search

Literature and database search is documented in the repository README or its component instructions. Review the linked source for current behavior and requirements.

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Scientific data analysis

Scientific data analysis is documented in the repository README or its component instructions. Review the linked source for current behavior and requirements.

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Paper and report writing

Paper and report writing is documented in the repository README or its component instructions. Review the linked source for current behavior and requirements.

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Domain research workflows

Domain research workflows is documented in the repository README or its component instructions. Review the linked source for current behavior and requirements.

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Installation and usage

Set up Scientific Agent Skills from its public GitHub instructions, keep the initial permission scope small, and verify it with a low-risk task before regular use.

AI AGENT INSTALL

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Help me set up Scientific Agent Skills.
Project URL: https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills

Read the repository README and license first. Confirm the current host, prerequisites, destination paths, and permissions. Follow the repository's documented method, keep credentials out of files and logs, and start with the least-privilege or read-only option where available. Afterward, run a small verification and report the exact changes, commands, configuration path, and result. Ask before overwriting files or requesting broader access.
01Before you start
  • Node.js and npx are installed
  • Choose skills relevant to the research domain
02Copy the install command or configuration
npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
03Complete the setup steps
  1. 1
    Review prerequisites and scope

    Read the README, confirm the target host, and prepare these prerequisites: Node.js and npx are installed; Choose skills relevant to the research domain. Check destination paths and permissions before making changes.

  2. 2
    Apply the documented setup

    Run the documented command: npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills

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    Verify with a small task

    Restart or reload the target agent, confirm that Scientific Agent Skills appears in its installed extensions or skills, and run the smallest documented example before using it on important work.

How to verify the setup

Restart or reload the target agent, confirm that Scientific Agent Skills appears in its installed extensions or skills, and run the smallest documented example before using it on important work.

Before using it
  • Some skills depend on external databases, API keys, or specialist software
  • The collection is large and works best when installed selectively
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Use cases

SCENARIO 01

Cross-database literature research

Cross-database literature research is a practical fit when the repository's documented prerequisites and permission model match the current environment.

SCENARIO 02

Repeatable data analysis with an agent

Repeatable data analysis with an agent is a practical fit when the repository's documented prerequisites and permission model match the current environment.

SCENARIO 03

Scientific writing and citation workflows

Scientific writing and citation workflows is a practical fit when the repository's documented prerequisites and permission model match the current environment.

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Assessment

This assessment is based on the repository README, component documentation, license, and maintenance metadata. Broad scientific coverage with databases and tools in one catalog; Skills can be selected by domain. The main trade-offs are also clear: Some skills depend on external databases, API keys, or specialist software; The collection is large and works best when installed selectively. No local installation or functional test was claimed during cataloging.

Why it may be useful

  • Broad scientific coverage with databases and tools in one catalog
  • Skills can be selected by domain

What to know first

  • Some skills depend on external databases, API keys, or specialist software
  • The collection is large and works best when installed selectively
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README

Scientific Agent Skills


Overview

More than 160 agent skills for scientific work, spanning research databases, analysis tools, and scientific writing workflows. More than 160 agent skills for scientific work, spanning research databases, analysis tools, and scientific writing workflows.

Getting started

  • Set up Scientific Agent Skills from its public GitHub instructions, keep the initial permission scope small, and verify it with a low-risk task before regular use.
  • The repository describes Scientific Agent Skills as more than 160 agent skills for scientific work, spanning research databases, analysis tools, and scientific writing workflows.
  • Its main capabilities include literature and database search, scientific data analysis, paper and report writing, domain research workflows. The documented facts include more than 160 scientific skills, coverage of more than 100 scientific databases, agent skills specification format, multiple coding-agent hosts.
  • Restart or reload the target agent, confirm that Scientific Agent Skills appears in its installed extensions or skills, and run the smallest documented example before using it on important work.

Configuration

npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
Read the complete README on GitHub