How do I install the Bids Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/bids/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at https://claudskills.com/install/.

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

ClaudSkills / Science & Research / physics

Bids

Category: Science & Research · Sub-category: physics · Last updated: 2026-05-23

Use this skill when working with Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) datasets: organizing neuroscience and biomedical data (MRI, EEG, MEG, iEEG, PET, microscopy, NIRS, motion capture, EMG, MR spectroscopy, behavioral), querying BIDS layouts, validating compliance, converting DICOM to BIDS, writing metadata sidecars, or creating BIDS derivatives.

What this skill does

Bids is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the physics sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/bids/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Bids Claude Code skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 69,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/bids
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/bids/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/bids/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/bids/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/bids/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\bids\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/blob/HEAD/scientific-skills/bids/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: K-Dense-AI
Website: https://k-dense.ai

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