# tooluniverse-gene-enrichment

Runs gene-set enrichment analysis using gseapy and clusterProfiler. Useful for interpreting differential gene expression lists without writing ad-hoc scripts.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 388 installs · ★ 1759
- Author: mims-harvard
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/mims-harvard/ToolUniverse/tree/HEAD/skills/tooluniverse-gene-enrichment/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/tooluniverse-gene-enrichment

## What it does

The skill enforces a compute-first approach. When statistics or pathway enrichment are required, the agent executes Python code via Bash instead of describing intentions. Pre-computed outputs in the data folder take precedence. Executed notebooks (`*_executed.ipynb`), cached enrichment tables, or analysis scripts like `analysis.R` are checked before any re-run. Re-running raw lists often causes numerical discrepancies.

Three deterministic CLI runners structure the workflow. The script `scripts/gseapy_enrichment_runner.py` queries Enrichr libraries and handles adjusted p-value ties systematically. The runner `scripts/enrichgo_runner.py` executes `clusterProfiler::enrichGO` and reports ranks before and after applying `simplify`. For multi-condition projects, `scripts/condition_enrichment_screen.py` screens sets against keywords or GMT files. All outputs go to `/tmp`.

Running the R workflow requires the `clusterProfiler` package and organism annotation databases like `org.Hs.eg.db`. Without this R environment in place, calls to `enrichgo_runner.py` will fail immediately.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mims-harvard/ToolUniverse --skill tooluniverse-gene-enrichment -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mims-harvard/ToolUniverse --skill tooluniverse-gene-enrichment -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mims-harvard/ToolUniverse --skill tooluniverse-gene-enrichment -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install mims-harvard/ToolUniverse tooluniverse-gene-enrichment
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mims-harvard/ToolUniverse --skill tooluniverse-gene-enrichment -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/mims-harvard/ToolUniverse --path skills/tooluniverse-gene-enrichment
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mims-harvard/ToolUniverse --skill tooluniverse-gene-enrichment -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/mims-harvard/ToolUniverse/tree/HEAD/skills/tooluniverse-gene-enrichment/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- compute pathway enrichment via gseapy for gene lists
- execute clusterProfiler enrichGO analysis with simplify filtering
- screen multiple conditions against local GMT pathway files
- extract verified enrichment tables from executed notebooks

## Example prompts
- Run gseapy enrichment on /tmp/sig_symbols.txt for GO Biological Process and top 5 terms
- Execute enrichGO on /tmp/sig_ensembl.txt with simplify cutoff 0.7 for BP ontology
- Screen conditions in /tmp/cond_screen.tsv for cytokine pathway enrichment

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: tooluniverse-gene-enrichment
description: Gene-set enrichment analysis — GO (Biological Process, Molecular Function, Cellular Component), KEGG, Reactome pathway enrichment via clusterProfiler, gseapy, ORA, GSEA, plus g:Profiler for enrichment/ID conversion/ortholog mapping/SNP-to-gene annotation. Use for interpreting DEG lists, screen hit lists, or any gene-list-to-pathways query. Includes simplify-cutoff handling and union-vs-total denominator conventions for percent-DE questions.
disable-model-invocation: true
---

## COMPUTE, DON'T DESCRIBE
When analysis requires computation (statistics, data processing, scoring, enrichment), write and run Python code via Bash. Don't describe what you would do — execute it and report actual results. Use ToolUniverse tools to retrieve data, then Python (pandas, scipy, statsmodels, matplotlib) to analyze it.

# Gene Enrichment and Pathway Analysis

## RULE ZERO — Check for pre-computed results FIRST

Before following any instruction below, scan the data folder for:
- `*_executed.ipynb` → read with `tu run read_executed_notebook '{"data_folder":"<path>","search":"<keyword>"}'` and cite its cell outputs as the authoritative answer
- Pre-computed enrichment files (CSV/TSV named `*enrich*`, `*go*`, `*kegg*`, `*reactome*`, `*ego*`, `*_simplified.csv`) → read directly
- Canonical analysis scripts (`analysis.R`, `run_*.py`, `find_*.R`, `*.Rmd`) → execute as-is and read the output

Only follow this skill's re-analysis recipe below if **none** of the above exist. Re-running enrichment from raw DEG lists produces different numbers than the published answer due to subtle filter differences upstream, and is much slower.

---

## PRIMARY SCRIPTS — use these FIRST

Three deterministic CLI scripts cover the bulk of enrichment questions.
Each handles edge cases (ties at top, simplify-changes-padj, multi-condition
screening) that the agent tends to get wrong when writing ad-hoc code.
**Always write outputs to `/tmp/...` — never into the data folder.**

### 1. `scripts/gseapy_enrichment_runner.py` — gseapy enrichr / prerank

**When to use**: the question references `gseapy`, `enrichr`, "Enrichr library", or any GO BP/MF/CC, KEGG, Reactome, WikiPathways, MSigDB enrichment via the gseapy package.

```bash
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