ncbi-blast-skill
Submit, poll, and summarize NCBI BLAST Common URL API jobs (Blast.cgi) for nucleotide or protein sequences. Use when a user wants RID status, BLAST results, or compact top-hit summaries; fetch raw Text/JSON2 only on request. Published by openai in plugins.
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What is ncbi-blast-skill?
Submit, poll, and summarize NCBI BLAST Common URL API jobs (Blast.cgi) for nucleotide or protein sequences. Use when a user wants RID status, BLAST results, or compact top-hit summaries; fetch raw Text/JSON2 only on request. Published by openai in plugins. This profile combines repository metadata with install, compatibility, and usage signals so developers can quickly decide whether it fits their agent workflow before opening the source repository.
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Key capabilities
- Includes SKILL.md support
- Reusable instructions support
- Documentation
- Writing
- Documentation use cases
- Writing use cases
Declared skill metadata
- Source file: plugins/life-science-research/skills/ncbi-blast-skill/SKILL.md
These fields retain source and confidence evidence from the indexed SKILL.md.
Compatibility and setup
- Install or run with Copy skill directory
When to use ncbi-blast-skill
- Use it for documentation.
- Use it for writing.
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Source
- Creator: openai
- Repository: openai/plugins
- Skill file: plugins/life-science-research/skills/ncbi-blast-skill/SKILL.md
What it does
Submit, poll, and summarize NCBI BLAST Common URL API jobs (Blast.cgi) for nucleotide or protein sequences. Use when a user wants RID status, BLAST results, or compact top-hit summaries; fetch raw Text/JSON2 only on request.
Skill instructions
Operating rules - Use scripts/ncbiblast.py for all concrete BLAST work. - Honor NCBI limits: =10s between requests and =60s between polls for the same RID. - Always surface the RID in the response so the job can be resumed or refetched later. - If the conversation is long or multiple tool calls have occurred, refetch from the RID instead of trusting older context. - If a prior turn saved raw output to disk, do not read it back into context unless the user asks for a specific follow-up. Execution behavior - Return compact BLAST summaries first. - Do not paste full JSON2 or long Text alignments into chat by default. - Default to maxhits=5 and maxqueries=5. - If the user asks for raw output, write it to a file and report the path. - Only provide Python code when the user explicitly asks for code or execution is unavailable. - For normal user-facing answers, summarize the script JSON in markdown; if the user explicitly asks for machine-readable output, return the JSON verbatim. Input - The
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Frequently asked questions
What is ncbi-blast-skill?
ncbi-blast-skill is a open-source AI agent skill with Copy skill directory. Submit, poll, and summarize NCBI BLAST Common URL API jobs (Blast.cgi) for nucleotide or protein sequences.
Who is ncbi-blast-skill best for?
ncbi-blast-skill is best for reusing agent instructions, scripts, and references, documentation workflows, writing workflows.
How do I install ncbi-blast-skill?
Install or run ncbi-blast-skill using Copy skill directory. Check ncbi-blast-skill for the latest setup command.
Is ncbi-blast-skill actively maintained?
ncbi-blast-skill may need a closer maintenance check before production use.
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