ClaudSkills / Science & Research / science-misc

Scitex Etc

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Science & Research · Sub-category: science-misc

Miscellaneous SciTeX utilities — terminal single-keypress helpers for interactive scripts. Public API (2 symbols) — `wait_key()` (block until any key is pressed; returns the character or key code) and `count()` (read keys in a loop and return tallies; useful for quick manual-labeling or progress scripts in terminals). No CLI, no MCP tools, intentionally minimal grab-bag surface. Drop-in replacement for `input()` (which requires Enter), hand-rolled `termios`+`tty.setraw()` recipes for unbuffered stdin, the `getch`/`getkey`/`readchar` PyPI packages, and bespoke keypress-tallying loops in experiment-control scripts. Use whenever the user asks to "pause the script until the user presses a key", "read a keypress without Enter", "implement a simple manual-count loop via keypresses", or mentions `wait_key`, `scitex.etc`, getch-style input.

What this skill does

Scitex Etc is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the science-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/scitex-etc/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use whenever the user asks to "pause the script until the user presses a key", "read a keypress without Enter", "implement a simple manual-count loop via keypresses", or mentions `wait_key`, `scitex.etc`, getch-style input.

Who uses this skill

The Scitex Etc 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/scitex-etc
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/scitex-etc/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/scitex-etc/SKILL.md

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

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

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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