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Collect Preserve Specimens

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Collect Preserve Specimens skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Collect Preserve Specimens is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Science & Research category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Science & Research · Sub-category: science-misc · Last updated: 2026-06-08

Collect and preserve insect specimens following museum-grade standards including legal compliance, collection methods, humane dispatch, dry pinning, wet preservation, labeling, storage, and curation. Covers permit requirements, protected species regulations, sweep nets, beating trays, pitfall traps, light traps, Malaise traps, aspirators, ethyl acetate killing jars, freezing, pin placement by order, wing spreading, ethanol preservation for soft-bodied specimens, specimen labeling with locality and date, storage with pest management, and database entry. Use when building a reference collection for taxonomic study, preserving voucher specimens for ecological research, preparing specimens for identification by specialists, or curating an existing collection.

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About this skill (catalog notes)

Collect Preserve Specimens includes 7 code blocks for direct copy-paste. At roughly 3,259 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

Source: pjt222.github.io/agent-almanac
License: MIT
Original author: pjt222
Indexed lastmod: 2026-06-08
Catalog position: Science & Research · science-misc
Indexed related skills: 10

How Collect Preserve Specimens fits the catalog

Collect Preserve Specimens sits in the Science & Research category under the science-misc sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

Collect and preserve insect specimens to museum-grade standards for taxonomic study, reference collections, and ecological research.

What this skill does

Collect Preserve Specimens is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the science-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/collect-preserve-specimens/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when building a reference collection for taxonomic study, preserving voucher specimens for ecological research, preparing specimens for identification by specialists, or curating an existing collection.

Who uses this skill

The Collect Preserve Specimens 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 115,000+ 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/collect-preserve-specimens
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/collect-preserve-specimens/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/collect-preserve-specimens/SKILL.md

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

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

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Collect Preserve Specimens Claude Code skill?

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

What does the Collect Preserve Specimens skill do?

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.

When should I use the Collect Preserve Specimens skill?

Use Collect Preserve Specimens when your Claude Code task falls under the Science & Research category — specifically in the science misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Collect Preserve Specimens" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/science/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Collect Preserve Specimens skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Collect Preserve Specimens is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Science & Research category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/pjt222/agent-almanac/blob/HEAD/i18n/caveman-lite/skills/collect-preserve-specimens/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: pjt222
Website: https://pjt222.github.io/agent-almanac/

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

pjt222. (2026). Collect Preserve Specimens [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/collect-preserve-specimens/

BibTeX

@misc{collect-preserve-specimens-2026,
  author    = {pjt222},
  title     = {Collect Preserve Specimens [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/collect-preserve-specimens/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-06-13 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

The scan flagged 1 of 10 categories (filesystem), including lower-severity patterns. Patterns shown inside code fences are weighted as examples rather than instructions — read the grading methodology for what this does and does not guarantee.

✓ Prompt injection
✓ Data exfiltration
✓ Supply chain
✓ Reverse shell
✓ Credentials
✓ Execution
⚠ Filesystem
✓ Persistence
✓ Obfuscation
✓ Network

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