# alphagenome

Queries precomputed AlphaGenome Atlas variant effects and scores regulatory DNA mutations in GRCh38 using DeepMind's sequence-to-function model.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 466 installs · ★ 54652
- Author: K-Dense-AI
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/alphagenome/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/alphagenome

## What it does

The skill connects agent workflows to the AlphaGenome sequence-to-function model and the AlphaGenome Atlas through the `alphagenome` Python package. The Atlas covers 9 billion variants. Using `scripts/atlas_query.py`, the skill pulls AlphaGenome Variant Impact (AVI) scores and 18 SHAP feature attributions across chromatin and splicing tracks.

Running it requires Python 3.10 or later and a key in `ALPHAGENOME_API_KEY`. Network calls target `gdmscience.googleapis.com:443`. All human variant inputs must use 1-based `chr:pos:ref>alt` coordinates on GRCh38. The API rejects rsIDs, so identifiers must be resolved before querying. This tool is strictly for research modelling and cannot guide medical decisions.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --skill alphagenome -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/alphagenome/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/alphagenome/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --skill alphagenome -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/alphagenome/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --skill alphagenome -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/alphagenome/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills alphagenome
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/alphagenome/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --skill alphagenome -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --path skills/alphagenome
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/alphagenome/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --skill alphagenome -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/alphagenome/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- rank regulatory SNVs from a VCF using AVI scores
- retrieve 18 SHAP feature attributions for GRCh38 variants
- generate deep links to variants on the AlphaGenome Atlas portal
- score genomic windows with `scripts/atlas_query.py`

## Example prompts
- Run atlas_query.py on candidates.vcf with a minimum Phred score of 20
- Query AlphaGenome Atlas for chr22:36201698:A>C and include track scores
- Scan the window chr11:5225727-5226575 for top 25 variants by AVI

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: alphagenome
description: "Looks up precomputed AlphaGenome Atlas effects for any GRCh38 single-nucleotide variant (AVI score with Phred and 18 SHAP feature attributions, plus raw and quantile scores for RNA-seq, DNase, ATAC, ChIP-TF, ChIP-histone, CAGE, PRO-cap, splicing, polyadenylation and contact-map tracks), scores variants or scans windows on demand with the AlphaGenome model for human and mouse (variant scoring, in silico mutagenesis, REF-versus-ALT track prediction), and builds Atlas website deep links. Use when the user mentions AlphaGenome, AlphaGenome Atlas, AVI or AlphaGenome Variant Impact, DeepMind variant effect prediction, or wants to prioritise or mechanistically interpret non-coding, regulatory, splicing, enhancer, promoter, or chromatin-accessibility effects of SNVs from a VCF, credible set, or region. Research use only; not a clinical tool."
license: MIT
compatibility: "Python 3.10+ with the alphagenome package (0.9.0 or later for the Atlas client; brings numpy, pandas, anndata, grpcio). Network access to gdmscience.googleapis.com:443 and a free non-commercial AlphaGenome API key in ALPHAGENOME_API_KEY (ALPHA_GENOME_API_KEY also read). Human data is GRCh38 only; mouse is mm10 (model only)."
allowed-tools: Read Write Edit Bash
metadata:
  version: "1.2"
  skill-author: K-Dense Inc.
  upstream-version: "alphagenome 0.9.0"
  last-reviewed: "2026-09-30"
  openclaw:
    primaryEnv: ALPHAGENOME_API_KEY
    envVars:
    - name: ALPHAGENOME_API_KEY
      required: true
      description: AlphaGenome API key, free for non-commercial use from deepmind.google.com/science/alphagenome. ALPHA_GENOME_API_KEY is accepted as an alternative spelling.
---

# AlphaGenome and the AlphaGenome Atlas

AlphaGenome is DeepMind's sequence-to-function model: 1 Mb of DNA in,
predictions at modality-specific resolutions for eleven assay types across
thousands of human and mouse tracks out. The **AlphaGenome Atlas** (released 2026-09-08) is that model run once over
every possible single-nucleotide change in GRCh38, about 9 billion variants,
stored with a single ranking number, the **AlphaGenome Variant Impact (AVI)**
score, its genome-wide percentile, and an 18-way attribution of what drives it.
Both are reached through one `pip install alphagenome` and one API key.

> Research and theoretical modelling only. API outputs must not be used to train
> other models, and are not for diagnostic procedures or medical decisions.
> Permissive-use downloads have separate terms; check the artifact licence.

## When to use which

| You have | Use | Why |
| --- | --- | --- |
| hg38 SNVs (a VCF, a credible set, a region up to ~1 kb) | **Atlas** via `scripts/atlas_query.py` | precomputed, higher quota, includes AVI and attributions |
| indels, mouse variants, a non-reference background, a custom scorer or window | **model** via `scripts/score_variants.py` or Python | the Atlas is SNV-only and hg38-only |
```
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