Brain Visualization (Claude Skill)

Visualize neuroimaging analysis results, including 3D brain connectivity networks, atlas-based regional activation summaries, or FreeSurfer cortical surface meshes with anatomical colors.

   
Type Claude Skill
Supplier CUHK-AIM-Group (community OSS, MIT)
Availability GA — part of the NeuroClaw neuroimaging skill library
Pricing Free / OSS (MIT)
Capabilities Read/Write — Claude runs the skill’s Python locally (Bash), not as an MCP tool

How to install

  • Claude Code — clone and copy the skill into your skills directory: 
    git clone https://github.com/CUHK-AIM-Group/NeuroClaw
cp -r NeuroClaw/skills/brain-visualization ~/.claude/skills/

    Project-scoped alternative: copy into .claude/skills/ instead. NeuroClaw skills assume the collection’s shared helpers (claw-shell, modality tool skills) and the upstream neuroimaging stack (FreeSurfer/FSL/fMRIPrep/etc.) — install those dependencies, or run the bundled installer for the full environment:

    cd NeuroClaw && python installer/setup.py

    which configures the Python env, CUDA/GPU, and the neuroimaging tools.

What it does

Use this skill whenever the user wants to visualize neuroimaging analysis results, including 3D brain connectivity networks, atlas-based regional activation summaries, or FreeSurfer cortical surface meshes with anatomical colors. Triggers include: ‘brain visualization’, ‘visualize connectome’, ‘3D brain network’, ‘zALFF visualization’, ‘brain activation map’, ‘FreeSurfer PLY export’, ‘surface mesh rendering’, or any request to turn neuroimaging outputs into interpretable figures or 3D models.

Primary use cases: ‘brain visualization’, ‘visualize connectome’, ‘3D brain network’, ‘zALFF visualization’, ‘brain activation map’, ‘FreeSurfer PLY export’, ‘surface mesh rendering’, or any request to turn neuroimaging outputs into interpretable figures or 3D models.

Notes

Distributed as a SKILL.md (plus code examples) in the NeuroClaw skill library — Claude executes it locally via Bash/Python rather than as an MCP server. Upstream license: MIT. The skill directory upstream is skills/brain-visualization.

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