biomed-skill-creator

Agent Building

Create new biomedical skills or improve existing ones for the OpenBioMed toolkit. Use this skill when: (1) Creating a new skill from scratch, (2) Capturing a workflow as a reusable skill, (3) Automating a biomedical task, (4) Improving an existing skill. This skill guides through an interactive process: define intent → design workflow → validate with real data → iterate → evaluate.

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BioMed Skill Creator

A meta-skill for creating and improving skills in the OpenBioMed biomedical toolkit.

Overview

This skill guides you through creating biomedical skills with interactive validation. Biomedical workflows require domain-specific validation with real data before finalization.

Workflow:

1. Capture Intent → 2. Design Workflow → 3. Interactive Validation → 4. Finalize → 5. Evaluate
        ↑                                                              ↓
        └──────────────────── Iterate if needed ←─────────────────────┘

Step 1: Capture Intent

Ask clarifying questions:

What biomedical task should this skill perform?
What inputs will users provide? (molecule name/SMILES, protein ID, text)
What outputs should the skill produce? (reports, files, predictions, visualizations)
Are there edge cases or constraints?

Input Types

Input Type	Factory Method	Example
Molecule	`Molecule.from_smiles()`	`"CC(=O)OC1=CC=CC=C1C(=O)O"`
Protein	`Protein.from_fasta()`	`"MKFLILLFNILCLFPVLAADNH..."`
Pocket	`Pocket.from_protein_ref_ligand()`	Protein + reference ligand
Text	`Text.from_str()`	`"What is this molecule?"`

Step 2: Design Workflow

Identify tools and steps. See references/tools_reference.md for available tools.

Common Workflow Patterns

Pattern	Tools Flow
Drug-likeness	`molecule_name_request` → `molecule_qed/sa/logp/lipinski` → summarize
Protein Mutation	`protein_uniprot_request` → `mutation_explanation` → `protein_folding` → visualize
Structure-Based Design	`protein_pdb_request` → `extract_molecules` → `structure_based_drug_design` → docking
Molecule Q&A	`molecule_name_request` → `molecule_question_answering` → format

Basic Workflow Code Pattern

from open_biomed.tools.tool_registry import TOOLS

# Get entity
tool = TOOLS["tool_name"]
result, message = tool.run(parameter=value)
entity = result.get("protein") or result.get("molecule")

# Process with other tools
another_tool = TOOLS["another_tool"]
output, msg = another_tool.run(entity=entity)

Step 3: Interactive Validation (CRITICAL)

Execute ONE step at a time and check with user before proceeding.

After designing the workflow, ask:

"Please provide an example input and I'll run through each step showing results."

For Each Step

Execute the step using OpenBioMed tools
Display results with standardized format (see references/validation_template.md)
Ask for feedback: "Is this result satisfactory? (yes/proceed/modify/skip)"

Handling Errors

When a step fails:

Explain the error clearly
Propose alternatives (fallback tools, web search, skip)
Ask user to decide

After All Steps

Present summary and ask:

"Do you want to:

Proceed with this workflow?

Modify and re-validate?

Try different input?"

Step 4: Finalize the Skill

Once approved, create the skill files:

Directory Structure

skill-name/
├── SKILL.md              # Main skill definition (< 200 lines)
├── examples/             # Runnable example scripts
│   └── basic_example.py
└── references/           # Detailed documentation
    ├── advanced.md
    └── troubleshooting.md

SKILL.md Template

See references/skill_template.md for the full structure. Key sections:

---
name: skill-name
description: >
  [One-line summary of what the skill does].
  Use this skill when:
  (1) [Use case 1],
  (2) [Use case 2],
  (3) [Use case 3].
license: [MIT|Apache-2.0|BSD-3-Clause|GPL-3.0]
category: [category from list below]
tags: [tag1, tag2, tag3]
---

# Skill Title

## When to Use
## Workflow (keep code snippets < 20 lines)
## Expected Outputs
## Error Handling

License Selection

Before finalizing SKILL.md, ask the user to choose a license:

"What license should this skill use?

MIT (Recommended) - Permissive, allows commercial use

Apache-2.0 - Permissive with patent grant

BSD-3-Clause - Permissive, no endorsement clause

GPL-3.0 - Copyleft, derivatives must be open source"

Default to MIT if user doesn't specify.

Category Options

Category	Description
`drug-discovery`	Drug design, molecule generation, lead optimization, virtual screening
`admet-prediction`	Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, toxicity prediction
`protein-engineering`	Protein design, stability optimization, function prediction
`protein-structure`	Structure prediction, folding, conformational analysis
`mutation-analysis`	Mutation effect prediction, variant annotation, engineering
`antibody-design`	Antibody/nanobody design, affinity maturation, epitope prediction
`immunology`	Immunogenicity prediction, vaccine design, immune profiling
`single-cell`	Single-cell analysis, cell annotation, spatial transcriptomics
`genomics`	Gene analysis, variant calling, regulatory element prediction
`transcriptomics`	RNA-seq analysis, expression profiling, differential expression
`metabolomics`	Metabolite identification, pathway analysis, metabolic modeling
`proteomics`	Protein identification, PTM analysis, protein-protein interactions
`pathway-analysis`	Pathway enrichment, network analysis, systems biology
`bioactivity-prediction`	Activity prediction, target identification, bioassay analysis
`binding-affinity`	Docking, binding prediction, protein-ligand interactions
`molecular-dynamics`	MD simulation, conformational sampling, free energy calculation
`chemical-synthesis`	Retrosynthesis, reaction prediction, synthesis planning
`safety-toxicology`	Toxicity prediction, safety assessment, off-target effects
`clinical-translational`	Biomarker discovery, patient stratification, drug repurposing
`bioimaging`	Medical imaging analysis, cell segmentation, image-based profiling
`knowledge-retrieval`	Literature mining, database queries, knowledge graphs
`multi-modal-reasoning`	Cross-modal tasks, text-based molecule/protein tasks, QA
`visualization`	Molecular visualization, structure rendering, report generation
`utilities`	Meta-skills, workflow automation, helper tools, evaluation

Writing Guidelines

Keep SKILL.md under 200 lines - Move long code to examples/ or references/
Code snippets < 20 lines - Link to full examples
Include interpretation - What do scores/outputs mean?
Handle errors - What if tools/APIs fail?

Step 5: Evaluate the Skill

Run evaluation to ensure quality. See references/evaluation_reference.md for details.

Create 2-3 test cases with realistic prompts
Run grader - Compare with-skill vs baseline agents
Analyze results - Identify patterns and issues
Iterate if needed

Quick Reference

See references/quick_reference.md for:

Workflow patterns summary
Input type reference
Score interpretation tables
Evaluation checklist

Communication Style

Adapt to user's familiarity:

Expert: Use technical terms (ADMET, TPSA, RMSD)
Intermediate: Brief explanations
Beginner: Analogies, explain why metrics matter

Checklist

Before finalizing: