ClaudSkills / Science & Research / biology-medicine

bio-read-alignment-bwa-alignment

Quality score: 70/100  ·  Category: Science & Research  ·  Sub-category: biology-medicine
Align DNA short reads to reference genomes using bwa-mem2, the faster successor to BWA-MEM. Use when aligning DNA short reads to a reference genome.

What this skill does

bio-read-alignment-bwa-alignment is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the biology-medicine sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/bwa-alignment/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when aligning DNA short reads to a reference genome.

Who uses this skill

The bio-read-alignment-bwa-alignment skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

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

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/bwa-alignment/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\bwa-alignment\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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