EMDB (Claude Skill)

Look up EMDB cryo-EM density maps and fitted atomic models via the entry REST API + EBI Search WS.


Type	Claude Skill
Supplier	jaechang-hits (community OSS, CC BY 4.0)
Availability	GA — part of the BixBench-evaluated SciAgent-Skills collection
Pricing	Free / OSS (CC-BY-4.0)
Capabilities	Read/Write — Claude runs the skill’s Python locally (Bash), not as an MCP tool

How to install

SciAgent-Skills is not an npm package — skills are plain markdown read directly by the agent (no npx/npm).

Claude Code — clone and load as a plugin:
```
git clone https://github.com/jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills
```
Then inside Claude Code run /plugin install sciagent-skills (verify it appears under /plugin → Installed). Clone into your project directory so Claude Code picks the skills up via CLAUDE.md.
Manual / other agents — point the agent at the skill file directly:
```
cp -r SciAgent-Skills/skills/structural-biology-drug-discovery/emdb-database ~/.claude/skills/
```
The skill declares its own Python dependencies in its SKILL.md; install them when prompted on first use.

What it does

Look up EMDB cryo-EM density maps and fitted atomic models via the entry REST API + EBI Search WS. Fetch entry metadata (resolution, method, organism, sample), map download URLs, fitted PDB IDs, and citations. Keyword search via EBI Search. No auth. For atomic coordinates use pdb-database; for AlphaFold predictions use alphafold-database-access.

Primary use cases: Look up EMDB cryo-EM density maps and fitted atomic models via the entry REST API + EBI Search WS.

Notes

Distributed as a SKILL.md (plus code examples) in the SciAgent-Skills collection — Claude executes it locally via Bash/Python rather than as an MCP server. Upstream license: CC-BY-4.0. The skill directory upstream is skills/structural-biology-drug-discovery/emdb-database.

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