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imaging-data-commons
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Check before installing. Some of what it can do is expected: a data skill usually connects to databases or online services with your credentials.
By K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills (GitHub) · data · 56,698 stars · scanned at commit 2d2065f
Queries and downloads public cancer imaging data from NCI Imaging Data Commons. Supports IDC collection discovery, DICOM access, radiology (CT, MR, PET) and pathology AI datasets, metadata SQL, visualization, licensing, and citations. Uses public metadata and download routes without authentication; optional BigQuery and Google Healthcare routes require Google credentials.
Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.
What this skill can do
Runs commands on your computer
This is disclosed by the author in the skill's SKILL.md or README.
Found in 1 place.
Sends data to these websites: api.imaging.datacommons.cancer.gov
This is disclosed by the author in the skill's SKILL.md or README. Expected for a data skill.
Found in 36 places.
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- skills/imaging-data-commons/SKILL.md, line 226
curl -s $B/sql -H 'content-type: application/json' \ - skills/imaging-data-commons/SKILL.md, line 228
curl -s $B/cohort/counts -H 'content-type: application/json' \ - skills/imaging-data-commons/references/dicomweb_guide.md, line 203
response = requests.get( - skills/imaging-data-commons/references/dicomweb_guide.md, line 224
response = requests.get( - skills/imaging-data-commons/references/dicomweb_guide.md, line 250
response = requests.get( - skills/imaging-data-commons/references/dicomweb_guide.md, line 275
response = requests.get( - skills/imaging-data-commons/references/dicomweb_guide.md, line 316
response = requests.get( - skills/imaging-data-commons/references/licensing_and_citation.md, line 111
curl -s $B/licenses \ - skills/imaging-data-commons/references/licensing_and_citation.md, line 174
curl -s $B/citations \ - skills/imaging-data-commons/references/rest_api_guide.md, line 59
curl -s https://api.imaging.datacommons.cancer.gov/v3/version - skills/imaging-data-commons/references/rest_api_guide.md, line 81
response = requests.get("https://api.imaging.datacommons.cancer.gov/v3/version", timeout=30) - skills/imaging-data-commons/references/rest_api_guide.md, line 241
curl -s $B/cohort/counts -H 'content-type: application/json' \ - skills/imaging-data-commons/references/rest_api_guide.md, line 263
curl -s $B/version # data release + API build - skills/imaging-data-commons/references/rest_api_guide.md, line 264
curl -s $B/stats # headline totals - skills/imaging-data-commons/references/rest_api_guide.md, line 265
curl -s $B/collections # collection array (176 in the reviewed snapshot) - skills/imaging-data-commons/references/rest_api_guide.md, line 266
curl -s $B/collections/rider_pilot # one collection: counts, modalities, licenses - skills/imaging-data-commons/references/rest_api_guide.md, line 267
curl -s $B/analysis_results # derived datasets (segmentations, annotations)
and 16 more places
Downloads and installs other software
The author does not mention this.
Found in 3 places.
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Install
Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.
if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'imaging-data-commons' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'imaging-data-commons' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named imaging-data-commons already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet '2d2065fb4520fa3f3f2bcf61cff26ec8b7eba4b5' -- 'skills/imaging-data-commons' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'skills/imaging-data-commons' ~/.agents/skills/'imaging-data-commons' && rm -rf "$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/'imaging-data-commons' ~/.claude/skills/'imaging-data-commons' (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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Score history
| Date | Version | Score |
|---|
| 2026-11-10 | 2d2065f | 79 |
| 2026-11-08 | a25cf9e | 79 |
| 2026-11-07 | a25cf9e | 79 |
Also found in
Identical copies of this skill exist at:
- K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/skills/imaging-data-commons