# folklore-variant-evidence

This skill retrieves public ClinGen assertions and evidence for one GRCh38 variant through Folklore MCP. Use it to inspect variant resolution and find related literature.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 484 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/folklore-variant-evidence/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/folklore-variant-evidence

## What it does

The skill queries Folklore Clinical Variant Interpretation MCP for public variant evidence and linked publications. It can also retrieve ClinGen gene-disease assertions. The agent should preserve the returned source provenance and resolution state, then inspect the outcome before continuing.

Variant queries are limited to one public germline nuclear SNV or simple insertion/deletion shorter than 50 base pairs on GRCh38. Patient names, phenotypes, family history, clinical records, and sequencing files are outside the input boundary. A patient-specific question must stop here; a public lookup cannot answer it.

The host needs network access to `api.helena.bio` and support for the advertised MCP protocol. No account or API key is required. A host without native MCP support can send JSON-RPC requests with `curl`. If discovery or a tool call fails, preserve it as an availability failure rather than treating it as a lack of evidence.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/folklore-variant-evidence/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 folklore-variant-evidence
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --skill folklore-variant-evidence -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/folklore-variant-evidence/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- retrieve ClinGen assertions for a gene or disease
- review public evidence for one GRCh38 variant
- handle ambiguous resolution without automatically choosing a candidate
- find literature linked to a resolved variant
- preserve evidence provenance and distinguish access failures from scientific outcomes

## Example prompts
- Find ClinGen assertions for BRCA1 and retain the source details.
- Review public evidence for variant rs80357914 on GRCh38 and report its resolution status.
- Find literature linked to this resolved public variant and preserve the evidence sources.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: folklore-variant-evidence
description: "Retrieves ClinGen gene-disease validity assertions for a public gene or disease, and reviews source-linked public evidence and literature for one supported GRCh38 germline nuclear SNV or simple indel through Folklore Clinical Variant Interpretation MCP. Used when a scientific agent must branch deterministically on resolved, ambiguous, not-found, invalid, unsupported, or unavailable variant outcomes; chain a resolved public variant into related literature or publication details; or preserve evidence provenance without accepting patient, phenotype, family, segregation, or private case data."
license: MIT
compatibility: Requires network access to api.helena.bio (stateless Streamable HTTP MCP, no credentials) and a host supporting its advertised protocol, or curl for direct JSON-RPC POST requests.
metadata:
  version: "1.2"
  last-reviewed: "2026-09-30"
  skill-author: "Helena Bioinformatics"
  website: "https://folklore.helena.bio"
  github: "https://github.com/helena-bioinformatics/folklore-mcp"
---

# Folklore Variant Evidence

Use Folklore Clinical Variant Interpretation MCP to retrieve structured public
variant evidence, automated variant-level ACMG/AMP decision support, provenance,
and source-linked literature for professional review. Keep the workflow limited
to public identifiers and preserve every explicit outcome state. Adapter 1.5.0 also provides ClinGen Gene-Disease Validity assertions; source coverage is bounded, not every known association.

Folklore Clinical Variant Interpretation MCP is published by Helena
Bioinformatics. Its hosted endpoint is:

```text
https://api.helena.bio/folklore/v1/mcp
```

No account or API key is required. The public Apache-2.0 adapter and contract are
available at <https://github.com/helena-bioinformatics/folklore-mcp>.

## Minimal connection example

A host without native MCP support can make the same public JSON-RPC call:

```bash
curl --silent --show-error --fail-with-body --max-time 60 \
  -X POST https://api.helena.bio/folklore/v1/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
  -H 'MCP-Protocol-Version: 2026-07-28' \
  -H 'Mcp-Method: tools/call' \
  -H 'Mcp-Name: search_variant_evidence' \
````
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