scientific-problem-selection
Guides Claude through a structured framework for evaluating research questions, based on Fischbach & Walsh’s Cell (2024) framework for selecting tractable scientific problems.
| Type | Claude Skill |
| Supplier | Anthropic |
| Availability | GA — distributed via anthropics/life-sciences (Oct 2025) |
| Pricing | Free / OSS |
| Capabilities | Read-only — does not write files unless you ask Claude to summarise outputs to disk |
How to install
- Claude Code — plugin marketplace:
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/life-sciences /plugin install scientific-problem-selection@life-sciences - Claude.ai — Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, using the skill bundle from the
anthropics/life-sciencesrepo.
What it does
Skill instructions encoding Fischbach & Walsh’s Cell (2024) framework — covers project ideation, risk assessment, troubleshooting stuck projects, and strategic scientific planning.
Primary use cases: PI / postdoc project ideation, go/no-go decisions on lab projects, structured triage of competing research directions.
Notes
Pure prompt-based skill — no external services or runtime dependencies. Applies to any life-science research planning conversation.
Sources
- anthropics/life-sciences marketplace
- Claude for Life Sciences announcement
- Fischbach & Walsh, Cell (2024)
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