# tooluniverse-infectious-disease

Characterizes emerging pathogens and screens drug repurposing candidates using NCBI and ChEMBL. Designed for rapid outbreak intelligence and target discovery.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 381 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-infectious-disease/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/tooluniverse-infectious-disease

## What it does

This skill sets up a computational pipeline for outbreak response. It identifies organism taxonomy through NCBI or BV-BRC, then retrieves essential conserved proteins via UniProt. Target druggability and candidate compounds are evaluated against databases like ChEMBL alongside docking tools.

Instead of descriptive summaries, the skill executes computations directly through Bash. The agent runs Python scripts with pandas and scipy to process enrichment scores and metrics. All findings are written incrementally to a markdown report and paired CSV files for prioritized targets and drugs.

Every tool query must be formulated in English, as upstream bioinformatics databases fail to match localized terms.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mims-harvard/ToolUniverse --skill tooluniverse-infectious-disease -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-infectious-disease/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- classify emerging pathogen taxonomy via NCBI Datasets
- identify conserved essential protein targets in UniProt
- screen approved drugs for repurposing through ChEMBL
- generate outbreak intelligence summaries in markdown and CSV

## Example prompts
- New pathogen detected — what approved drugs might work against it?
- Find essential targets in this organism for drug development
- Screen drug repurposing candidates for the identified viral strain

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

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name: tooluniverse-infectious-disease
description: Rapid pathogen characterization and drug repurposing for outbreaks. Combines pathogen genomics (NCBI, BVBRC), host immune response (IEDB), drug-target databases (ChEMBL, DGIdb), and literature surveillance (PubMed/EuropePMC). Use for emerging-pathogen profiling, antiviral candidate identification, and outbreak intelligence reporting.
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## 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.

# Infectious Disease Outbreak Intelligence

Rapid response system for emerging pathogens using taxonomy analysis, target identification, structure prediction, and computational drug repurposing.

**KEY PRINCIPLES**:
1. **Speed is critical** - Optimize for rapid actionable intelligence
2. **Target essential proteins** - Focus on conserved, essential viral/bacterial proteins
3. **Leverage existing drugs** - Prioritize FDA-approved compounds for repurposing
4. **Structure-guided** - Use NvidiaNIM for rapid structure prediction and docking
5. **Evidence-graded** - Grade repurposing candidates by evidence strength
6. **Actionable output** - Prioritized drug candidates with rationale
7. **English-first queries** - Always use English terms in tool calls; respond in user's language

**REASONING STRATEGY — Start Here**:
Start with pathogen identification: What type of organism? (virus, bacteria, fungus, parasite). Then ask:
- What are the essential proteins? (required for replication or viability — cannot be mutated away)
- Which are surface-exposed? (accessible to drugs and antibodies)
- Which are conserved across strains? (targeting conserved regions prevents resistance escape)
These three questions define your drug targets and vaccine candidates. Organisms in the same genus share targets — look up drug precedent for related pathogens before predicting from scratch.

**LOOK UP DON'T GUESS**: Never assume a pathogen's taxonomy, genome size, or protein function. Always call `BVBRC_search_taxonomy` or `UniProt_search` first. Even well-known pathogens have strains with different drug susceptibility profiles — look up the specific strain when known.

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## When to Use

Apply when user asks:
- "New pathogen detected - what drugs might work?"
- "Emerging virus [X] - therapeutic options?"
- "Drug repurposing candidates for [pathogen]"
- "What do we know about [novel coronavirus/bacteria]?"
- "Essential targets in [pathogen] for drug development"
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