biopython

SUMMARY

What it does

Biopython is a comprehensive set of freely available Python tools for biological computation. It provides functionality for sequence manipulation, file I/O, database access, structural bioinformatics, phylogenetics, and many other bioinformatics tasks. The skill documentation covers sequence handling (Bio.Seq, Bio.SeqIO), alignment analysis (Bio.Align, Bio.AlignIO), database access (Bio.Entrez), BLAST operations (Bio.Blast), structural bioinformatics (Bio.PDB), phylogenetics (Bio.Phylo), and advanced features (motifs, population genetics, sequence utilities, restriction analysis, clustering, genome diagrams). It requires Python 3.10+, NumPy, and Biopython. Entrez and web BLAST examples require network access; local BLAST/MUSCLE examples require those command-line tools installed separately. The skill is part of the Scientific Agent Skills library by K-Dense, licensed under the Biopython License Agreement (as stated in the source), though the submitted record declares MIT license.