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Alterlab Imaging Data Commons

alterlab-ieu/alterlab-imaging-data-commons

Query and download public cancer imaging data from the NCI Imaging Data Commons (IDC) using the idc-index Python package, filtering by metadata, visualizing in-browser, and checking licenses, with no authentication required. Use when obtaining large-scale radiology (CT, MR, PET) or digital pathology DICOM datasets for AI/ML training or cancer imaging research. Part of the AlterLab Academic Skills suite.

37k tokens
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the whole folder, loaded on every use
13
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ships runnable scripts
0
copies elsewhere
how many repositories repackaged it
56
stars on the repo
on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills --skill alterlab-imaging-data-commons

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take alterlab-ieu/alterlab-imaging-data-commons 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.