tooluniverse-sequence-retrieval

Retrieves biological sequences (DNA, RNA, protein) from NCBI and ENA with gene disambiguation, accession type handling, and comprehensive sequence profiles. Creates detailed reports with sequence metadata, cross-database references, and download options. Use when users need nucleotide sequences, protein sequences, genome data, or mention GenBank, RefSeq, EMBL accessions.

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A well-structured, actionable retrieval skill with concrete code, a clear phased workflow, and useful fallback/error guidance. Its main weaknesses are length/inlining: large reference tables and the report template live in SKILL.md rather than in separate referenced files.

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Move the Tool Reference, Search Parameters Reference, and Curation Level Tiers tables into a separate reference file (e.g. references/tool_reference.md) and link to it one level deep, raising progressive_disclosure and conciseness.

Condense the ~120-line Sequence Profile Report template to a compact schema with field names and one short example block, rather than a full mock report.

Add an explicit result-verification checkpoint in Phase 2 (e.g. confirm accessions are non-empty and sequence length is plausible before building the report) to complete the workflow feedback loop.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	It assumes Claude's intelligence (no explaining what DNA/NCBI is) but the ~120-line report template plus fully inlined tool-reference and search-parameter tables are lengthy and could be tightened or moved out, so it is mostly efficient with notable trimmable bulk.	3 / 5
Actionability	Provides concrete, executable tooluniverse calls with parameters and worked use cases (reference genome, BRCA1 mRNA, accession lookup); section 1.1 leans on placeholder variables like user_provided_accession, leaving minor gaps.	4 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Clear four-phase diagram with a disambiguation checklist, fallback chains, and an error-handling table; retrieval is read-only so the destructive-cap is N/A, but there is no explicit result-verification checkpoint before reporting.	4 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Well-organized with clear section headers, but everything is inlined in one ~415-line file with no bundle files or external references — the tool reference, parameter reference, and report template clearly belong in separate files.	3 / 5
	Total	14 / 20 Passed

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong, specific, third-person description that names concrete actions and explicit use-when triggers tied to recognizable database/accession terms. Minor gap is the absence of a few common synonyms like BLAST/FASTA.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete actions — 'Retrieves biological sequences (DNA, RNA, protein) from NCBI and ENA with gene disambiguation, accession type handling, and comprehensive sequence profiles' and 'Creates detailed reports with sequence metadata, cross-database references, and download options' — giving comprehensive coverage.	5 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what ('Retrieves… Creates detailed reports…') and when ('Use when users need nucleotide sequences, protein sequences, genome data, or mention GenBank, RefSeq, EMBL accessions') with concrete trigger phrases, in third person.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Good natural-term coverage ('nucleotide sequences, protein sequences, genome data', 'GenBank, RefSeq, EMBL accessions', 'DNA, RNA, protein'); a few natural synonyms (e.g. BLAST, FASTA) are missing, so it sits just below the comprehensive anchor.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Targets a clear niche (NCBI/ENA biological sequence retrieval) with distinct triggers (GenBank, RefSeq, EMBL accessions), minimizing overlap with other skills.	5 / 5
	Total	19 / 20 Passed

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Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: wu-yc/LabClaw
Path: skills/bio/tooluniverse-sequence-retrieval/SKILL.md
Commit: df37802

Reviewed: 7 hours ago

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