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Alterlab Phylogenetics

alterlab-ieu/alterlab-phylogenetics

Build phylogenetic trees end-to-end from raw sequences — MAFFT multiple sequence alignment, optional TrimAl trimming, IQ-TREE 2 maximum-likelihood inference with model selection and bootstraps, FastTree for large datasets, then visualize with ETE3 or FigTree. Use when reconstructing trees from sequences (FASTA) for evolutionary analysis, microbial genomics, viral phylodynamics, protein-family studies, or molecular-clock dating. For manipulating/comparing an EXISTING Newick tree (prune, root, Robinson-Foulds, duplication/speciation events) use alterlab-etetoolkit; for plain sequence parsing/translation use alterlab-biopython. Part of the AlterLab Academic Skills suite.

9k tokens
context cost
the whole folder, loaded on every use
4
files
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-phylogenetics

How to use it

Copy the folder

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

Check the name does not clash

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Install what it needs

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