Alterlab Astropy

alterlab-ieu/alterlab-astropy

Processes astronomy and astrophysics data with the Astropy Python library — celestial coordinates, physical units, FITS files, cosmological calculations, time systems, tables, and world coordinate systems (WCS). Use when tasks involve coordinate transformations, unit conversions, FITS file manipulation, cosmological distance calculations, time scale conversions, or general astronomical data analysis. Part of the AlterLab Academic Skills suite.

17k tokens

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the whole folder, loaded on every use

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instructions only

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills --skill alterlab-astropy

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take alterlab-ieu/alterlab-astropy from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.

Install what it needs

The instructions reference pip, uv. Without those the skill loads but fails at the first command.