Best Claude skills for science
Science skills give agents domain tools for biology, chemistry, genomics and physics: database lookups, analysis pipelines and lab workflows. K-Dense's scientific-agent-skills and Google DeepMind's science-skills are the largest collections.
117 science skills · ranked live · November 2026
The top 10. Ranked by the Alyn Score.
- 1#1
GitHub
Awesome Copilot
GitHub
Arize Evaluator
Handles LLM-as-judge evaluation workflows on Arize including creating/updating evaluators, running evaluations on spans or experiments, managing tasks, trigger-run operations, column…
41k2.4MScore 85 - 2#2
GitHub
Awesome Copilot
Arize Experiment
Creates, runs, and analyzes Arize experiments for evaluating and comparing model performance. Covers experiment CRUD, exporting runs, comparing results, and evaluation workflows using the…
41k2.4MScore 85 - 3#3
JuliusBrussee
Caveman Manage
Inspect Caveman Cloud's experiment lifecycle and block unsafe execution. Use when asked to start, approve, cancel, promote or roll back a Caveman experiment.
119k4.8MScore 85 - 4#4
K-Dense
Scientific Agent Skills
K-Dense
Alphagenome
Looks up precomputed AlphaGenome Atlas effects for any GRCh38 single-nucleotide variant (AVI score with Phred and 18 SHAP feature attributions, plus raw and quantile scores for RNA-seq…
57k328kScore 84 - 5#5
K-Dense
Scientific Agent Skills
Analytical Method Validation
Plans, executes, and documents validation, verification, and transfer of analytical procedures under the governing framework - ICH Q2(R2) and Q14, USP //, ICH M10 bioanalytical, CLSI EP, or…
57k328kScore 84 - 6#6
K-Dense
Scientific Agent Skills
Arbor
Applies Arbor Hypothesis Tree Refinement to research artifacts with repeatable evaluators, including model training, agent harnesses, data synthesis and benchmark optimization. Uses…
57k328kScore 84 - 7#7
sickn33
Agentic Awesome Skills
sickn33
Ab Testing
When the user wants to plan, design, or implement an A/B test or experiment, or build a growth experimentation program.
49k584kScore 83 - 8#8
GitHub
Awesome Copilot
Autoresearch
Autonomous iterative experimentation loop for any programming task. Guides the user through defining goals, measurable metrics, and scope constraints, then runs an autonomous loop of code…
41k2.4MScore 83 - 9#9
davila7
Data Scientist
Expert data scientist for advanced analytics, machine learning, and statistical modeling. Handles complex data analysis, predictive modeling, and business intelligence.
33k285kScore 78 - 10#10
Jeffallan
Claude Skills
Jeffallan
Chaos Engineer
Designs chaos experiments, creates failure injection frameworks, and facilitates game day exercises for distributed systems — producing runbooks, experiment manifests, rollback procedures…
12k457kScore 77
What makes a great science skill.
Pinned, real libraries and databases with usage examples.
Validation steps that catch silent errors in pipelines.
Clear licensing for data sources.
All 117 science skills.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningerroneous-example-designer
Design deliberately flawed examples that develop error-detection skills and deepen understanding. Use when students make characteristic errors and need practice spotting mistakes.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningformative-assessment-loop-designer
Design an adaptive assessment loop where each student response triggers the next instructional move. Use when building technology-enhanced formative assessment cycles.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningindividual-spacing-algorithm-explainer
Explain and configure individual spacing algorithms using student performance data and forgetting curves. Use when personalising retention schedules in adaptive learning platforms.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningintelligent-tutoring-dialogue-designer
Script a multi-turn tutoring dialogue with branching responses for anticipated student difficulties. Use when designing AI tutors, chatbot interactions, or structured one-to-one support…
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManninglearning-analytics-interpretation-guide
Interpret learning analytics data and translate dashboard findings into actionable teaching decisions. Use when reviewing LMS data, quiz patterns, or engagement metrics.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningmetacognitive-monitoring-ai-contexts
Design metacognitive checkpoints that prevent AI-assisted learning from bypassing genuine understanding. Use when students use AI tools and may overestimate their own comprehension.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningproductive-failure-desirable-difficulty-designer
Redesign a direct instruction sequence to include productive struggle before the explanation phase. Use when teaching concepts that benefit from failure-first approaches.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningself-explanation-prompt-designer
Create self-explanation prompts that deepen understanding of worked examples, texts, or diagrams. Use when students read material passively without engaging with underlying principles.
GarethManning
Education Agent Skills
GarethManningworked-example-to-problem-solving-transition-designer
Design the transition from worked examples to independent problem-solving using expertise-reversal principles. Use when students follow examples but cannot solve problems alone.
Science skills, explained.
Also searched as: scientific agent skills, bioinformatics skill, ai scientist skills, deepmind science skills.
What are the best Claude skills for science?
Right now the top-ranked science skills on Alyn are Arize Evaluator (GitHub), Arize Experiment (GitHub), Caveman Manage (JuliusBrussee). Rankings combine GitHub stars, installs, freshness and depth, and update live.
Are there official DeepMind skills?
Yes. google-deepmind/science-skills is published by Google DeepMind for agentic scientific workflows.
Do science skills replace domain review?
No. They speed up analysis; results still need expert review.
How do I install a science skill?
Run npx skills add owner/repo in your project, or copy the folder with SKILL.md into ~/.claude/skills. Every skill on this page has a ready-to-copy command.
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