dosdp-design-patterns
NewSkills for understanding and applying DOSDP design patterns
Overview
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Skills are folders of instructions, scripts, and resources that Claude loads dynamically to improve performance on specialized tasks. Skills teach Claude how to complete specific tasks in a repeatable way.
For more information, check out:
- •What are skills?
- •Using skills in Claude
- •How to create custom skills
- •Equipping agents for the real world with Agent Skills
About This Repository
This repository contains skills for a variety of curation and knowledge-based tasks. We currently have 5 skills included, but this number is growing.
Each skill is self-contained in its own directory with a SKILL.md file containing the instructions and metadata that Claude uses. Browse through these examples to get inspiration for your own skills or to understand different patterns and approaches.
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Skills are not just for agents. They are written in plain, concise, clear natural language and can serve as great pointers/docs for people too!
For broader context, see:
- •https://ai4curation.io/aidocs/
Use in Claude Code and Codex
There are two approaches you can use to incorporate these skills into your workflows:
- Copy and paste into your repo
- Install via marketplace (Claude Code only)
Copy and paste (simplest)
Find the skill you need and copy the folder structure into the .claude/skills/ folder of your repo.
You can then adapt the skill according to your local practice
- •PROs: simplest, adaptable; if checked in to your repo, everyone (+actions) can use it; is read by codex
- •CONs: harder to keep in sync with upstream changes
Note that for codex, the canonical location is .codex/skills/, but it seems to read the claude folder. Hopefully there will be more standards here soon. See OpenAI are quietly adopting skills, now available in ChatGPT and Codex CLI
Via marketplace
You can register this repository as a Claude Code Plugin marketplace by running the following command in Claude Code:
/plugin marketplace add ai4curation/curation-skillsThen, to install a specific set of skills:
First, type /plugin
> /plugin
╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Plugins │
│ │
│ ❯ 1. Browse and install plugins │
│ 2. Manage and uninstall plugins │
│ 3. Add marketplace │
│ 4. Manage marketplaces │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
Esc to exitThen select Browse and install plugins:
╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Select marketplace │
│ │
│ anthropic-agent-skills │
│ 2 plugins available · 2 already installed · anthropics/skills │
│ │
│ ❯ curation-skills │
│ 3 plugins available · 1 already installed · /Users/cjm/repos/curation-skills/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯Choose curation-skills
You should see a list of selections (more coming soon):
╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ curation-skills › Install plugins │
│ │
│ ❯ ◯ ontology-access-kit │
│ Skills for querying ontologies using the Ontology Access ... │
│ │
│ ◯ editing-obo-ontologies │
│ Skills and tools for editing OBO format ontologies │
│ │
│ ◯ dosdp-design-patterns │
│ Skills for understanding and applying DOSDP design patterns │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯After selecting one, you will get more information and the option to install:
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│ Plugin Details │
│ │
│ ontology-access-kit │
│ │
│ Skills for querying ontologies using the Ontology Access Kit (OAK) │
│ │
│ Will install: │
│ • Components will be discovered at installation │
│ │
│ > Install now │
│ Back to plugin list │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯Install the skills you need (use esc to go back to select more)
Invoking skills
You should not need to explicitly invoke skills. For example, asking a non-simple ontology question might invoke the OAK skill:
> GO biological process terms in the goslim_generic subset
⏺ I'll use the ontology-access-kit skill to help you query GO biological process terms in the goslim_generic subset.
╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Use skill “ontology-access-kit”? │
│ Claude may use instructions, code, or files from this Skill. │
│ │
│ Skills for querying ontologies using the Ontology Access Kit (OAK). This should only be used for complex ontology operations; for basic external ontology searching use the OLS MCP │
│ (plugin:ontology-access-kit@curation-skills) │
│ │
│ Do you want to proceed? │
│ ❯ 1. Yes │
│ 2. Yes, and don't ask again for ontology-access-kit in /Users/cjm/repos/curation-skills │
│ 3. No, and tell Claude what to do differently (esc) │(Note: for lookup or search tasks, Claude should use the OLS or BioPortal MCP instead)
Selecting 1 or 2 might result in:
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│ Bash command │
│ │
│ runoak -i sqlite:obo:go info .in goslim_generic .and .desc//p=i GO:0008150 │
│ Query GO biological process terms in goslim_generic │
│ │
│ Do you want to proceed? │
│ 1. Yes │
│ ❯ 2. Yes, and don't ask again for runoak commands in /Users/cjm/repos/curation-skills │
│ 3. No, and tell Claude what to do differently (esc) │
╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯Here Claude has used the skill to figure the right OAK command. It is using a moderately complex OAK feature: the ability to do boolean queries combining graphs and property (subset) lookups.
Agreeing to this might result in:
Perfect! I found 72 GO biological process terms in the goslim_generic subset. Here are the results:
Cell Cycle & Division:
- GO:0000278 - mitotic cell cycle
- GO:0000910 - cytokinesis
- GO:0007059 - chromosome segregation
- GO:0140013 - meiotic nuclear division
- GO:0140014 - mitotic nuclear division
Metabolism:
- GO:0005975 - carbohydrate metabolic process
- GO:0006091 - generation of precursor metabolites and energy
- GO:0006520 - amino acid metabolic process
- GO:0006629 - lipid metabolic process
- GO:0006766 - vitamin metabolic process
- GO:0006790 - sulfur compound metabolic process
- GO:0055086 - nucleobase-containing small molecule metabolic process
- GO:1901135 - carbohydrate derivative metabolic process
Gene Expression & RNA:
- GO:0006351 - DNA-templated transcription
- GO:0006355 - regulation of DNA-templated transcription
- GO:0016071 - mRNA metabolic process
- GO:0002181 - cytoplasmic translation
- GO:0006399 - tRNA metabolic process
- GO:0016073 - snRNA metabolic process
System Processes:
- GO:0002376 - immune system process
- GO:0003012 - muscle system process
- GO:0003013 - circulatory system process
- GO:0050877 - nervous system process
- GO:0050886 - endocrine process
Plus many more covering cellular organization, transport, development, and specialized processes like photosynthesis, autophagy, and wound healing.
Would you like me to export this to a file or filter it further in any way?Use in GitHub actions
See:
- •https://ai4curation.io/aidocs/how-tos/set-up-github-actions/
We believe the simplest way to ensure the Claude agent invoked by your GitHub actions uses skills is to follow the "Copy and paste (simplest)" protocol above.
Dev use
Clone this repo and:
/plugin marketplace add /path/to/this/repo/curation-skills/.claude-plugin/marketplace.jsonNote: you may need to modify the sources to say:
"source": "./..",Install & Usage
mkdir -p .claude/skillsmkdir -p .claude/skills && curl -o .claude/skills/dosdp-design-patterns.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ai4curation/curation-skills/main/SKILL.md/dosdp-design-patternsFrequently Asked Questions
What is dosdp-design-patterns?
Skills for understanding and applying DOSDP design patterns
How to install dosdp-design-patterns?
To install dosdp-design-patterns, create the .claude/skills directory in your project, then run the curl command to download the skill file. Once installed, invoke it in Claude Code with /dosdp-design-patterns.
What is dosdp-design-patterns best for?
dosdp-design-patterns is a community categorized under General. It is designed for: design. Created by Chris Mungall.