Science Skills

Science skills

A collection of agent skills for scientific research tasks, spanning genomics, structural biology, cheminformatics, literature search, and more.

Each skill provides structured instructions, scripts, and resources that extend an AI agent's capabilities for specialized scientific tasks.

Skill structure

Each skill directory contains:

• SKILL.md — Main instruction file with YAML frontmatter and detailed markdown instructions
• scripts/ — Helper scripts and utilities
• references/ — Additional documentation and references (optional)

Using Science skills with Google Antigravity

Science skills are best used in Google Antigravity, with the Science plugin enabled.

• Download and install the latest version of Google Antigravity from antigravity.google.
• Enable the Science plugin: In the Antigravity app, go to Customizations > Build with Google > Science > Add.

Video: how to install

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b20751f8-e9b0-442a-804f-2d587eb0426e

Using Science skills via npx

Install the Science skills bundle via npx using:

npx skills add google-deepmind/science-skills/

Prerequisites

We use the uv package manager to handle dependencies. The first time you trigger a Science skill, the agent will ask for approval to install uv, and then proceed to respond to your scientific query / task. We recommend restarting Antigravity after this first time installation.

Some skills, such as AlphaGenome and OpenAlex, require an API key to function. Others, such as ClinVar, benefit from an API key to unlock higher rate limits but are still functional without one. The agent should prompt you to obtain the API key and guide you through writing in the correct location. However, if you would rather do this yourself, you can run a command like this in your terminal: echo "ALPHAGENOME_API_KEY=your_actual_api_key" >> ~/.env

Customizing or creating skills

If you want to customize an existing Science skill or create a new skill of your own, you should not modify the files inside the Antigravity Science plugin installation directory, as your changes will be overwritten whenever the plugin is updated. Instead, place your custom or modified skills elsewhere, e.g. in your personal skills directory:

~/.gemini/config/skills/

Links

You can find examples and demos of Antigravity's use cases in science at antigravity.google/use-cases/science.

Licensing & Disclaimer

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All software is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (Apache 2.0); you may not use this file except in compliance with the Apache 2.0 license. You may obtain a copy of the Apache 2.0 license at: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

As set out in the attached file ‘Skill Licences and Terms of Use’ certain third party data sources referenced within individual Skill files have their own applicable licenses and/or terms of use. See the ‘Skill Licences and Terms of Use’ file for more information. You are responsible for ensuring that your use of individual Skill files complies with any such applicable licenses/ terms of use.

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