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

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 Organization Owners (Team and Enterprise)

1. Download the ZIP for the single-cell-rna-qc skill here
2. From Claude.ai, navigate to Admin settings > Capabilities > Skills
3. Make sure Skills is activated for your organization
4. Click “Organization skills library”
5. Click “+Add”
6. Upload the skill zip file

Learn about turning on skills for your team

For Individual Claude Users

1. Download the ZIP file for the single-cell-rna-qc skill here‍
2. From Claude.ai, navigate to Settings > Capabilities > Skills (if Skills is not available, contact your team admin)
3. Click “Upload skill”
4. Upload the skill zip file

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