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cbioportal-database
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By jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills (GitHub) · coding · 388 stars · scanned at commit 65d6ceb
Cancer genomics (TCGA et al.) via cBioPortal REST API. Retrieve somatic mutations, CNAs, expression, clinical data (survival/stage/treatment) across thousands of studies. Use for TMB, oncoprints, survival analysis. For population frequencies use gnomad-database; for drug-gene interactions use opentargets-database.
Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.
What this skill can do
Downloads and installs other software
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Runs commands on your computer
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Connects to the internet
This is disclosed by the author in the skill's SKILL.md or README.
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- skills/genomics-bioinformatics/databases/cbioportal-database/SKILL.md, line 135
r = requests.get(f"{BASE_URL}/{endpoint}", params=params, - skills/genomics-bioinformatics/databases/cbioportal-database/SKILL.md, line 178
r = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/{endpoint}", json=body, - skills/genomics-bioinformatics/databases/cbioportal-database/SKILL.md, line 186
r = requests.get(f"{BASE_URL}/{endpoint}", params=params, - skills/genomics-bioinformatics/databases/cbioportal-database/SKILL.md, line 233
r = requests.get(f"{BASE_URL}/{endpoint}", params=params, - skills/genomics-bioinformatics/databases/cbioportal-database/SKILL.md, line 278
r = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/{endpoint}", json=body, - skills/genomics-bioinformatics/databases/cbioportal-database/SKILL.md, line 286
r = requests.get(f"{BASE_URL}/{endpoint}", params=params, - skills/genomics-bioinformatics/databases/cbioportal-database/SKILL.md, line 329
r = requests.get(f"{BASE_URL}/{endpoint}", params=params, - skills/genomics-bioinformatics/databases/cbioportal-database/SKILL.md, line 335
r = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/{endpoint}", json=body, - skills/genomics-bioinformatics/databases/cbioportal-database/SKILL.md, line 373
r = requests.get(f"{BASE_URL}/{endpoint}", params=params, - skills/genomics-bioinformatics/databases/cbioportal-database/SKILL.md, line 379
r = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/{endpoint}", json=body, - skills/genomics-bioinformatics/databases/cbioportal-database/SKILL.md, line 456
r = requests.get(f"{BASE_URL}/{endpoint}", params=params, - skills/genomics-bioinformatics/databases/cbioportal-database/SKILL.md, line 462
r = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/{endpoint}", json=body, - skills/genomics-bioinformatics/databases/cbioportal-database/SKILL.md, line 516
r = requests.get(f"{BASE_URL}/{endpoint}", params=params, - skills/genomics-bioinformatics/databases/cbioportal-database/SKILL.md, line 522
r = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/{endpoint}", json=body, - skills/genomics-bioinformatics/databases/cbioportal-database/SKILL.md, line 588
r = requests.get(f"{BASE_URL}/{endpoint}", params=params, - skills/genomics-bioinformatics/databases/cbioportal-database/SKILL.md, line 594
r = requests.post(f"{BASE_URL}/{endpoint}", json=body, - skills/genomics-bioinformatics/databases/cbioportal-database/SKILL.md, line 679
r = requests.get(f"{BASE_URL}/{endpoint}", params=params,
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Install
Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.
if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'cbioportal-database' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'cbioportal-database' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named cbioportal-database already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet '65d6ceb875e20b751ffb3a6d8ee19516558789e1' -- 'skills/genomics-bioinformatics/databases/cbioportal-database' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'skills/genomics-bioinformatics/databases/cbioportal-database' ~/.agents/skills/'cbioportal-database' && rm -rf "$d"; fi
Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'cbioportal-database' ~/.claude/skills/'cbioportal-database' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.
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| Date | Version | Score |
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| 2026-11-07 | 65d6ceb | 100 |