How to use the single-cell-rna-qc skill with Claude

Learn how to use the single-cell-rna-qc skill to perform quality control analysis on single-cell RNA-seq data with MAD-based filtering and visualization capabilities.
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What is the single-cell-rna-qc skill?

The single-cell-rna-qc skill gives Claude the ability to perform quality control on single-cell RNA-seq data using scverse best practices with MAD-based filtering and comprehensive visualizations for .h5a and .h5ad files.

Who should use the single-cell-rna-qc skill?

This skill is designed for bioinformaticians, computational biologists, single-cell genomics researchers, and data scientists working with single-cell RNA-seq data who need to quickly assess data quality, identify and filter low-quality cells, and generate standard QC visualizations without writing code from scratch.

How to access the skill in Claude Code

Command

/plugin marketplace add anthropics/life-sciences

/plugin install single-cell-rna-qc@life-sciences

How to access the skill in Claude.ai

For Individual Claude Users

  1. Visit https://github.com/anthropics/life-sciences/releases
  2. Download the latest single-cell-rna-qc ZIP file (e.g. single-cell-rna-qc-v1.0.0.zip)
  3. From Claude.ai, navigate to Settings > Capabilities > Skills (if Skills is not available, contact your team admin)
  4. Click “Upload skill”
  5. Upload the zipped single-cell-rna-qc file