binding-characterization

binding-characterization is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from adaptyvbio/protein-design-skills. It costs 57 tokens per session (2,303 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide to SPR and BLI, two laboratory methods for measuring how strongly and how quickly molecules bind. SPR uses changes at a gold sensor surface, while BLI reads changes through fiber-optic sensor tips.

In plain words
What is it for?
Planning binding-kinetics experiments, choosing between SPR and BLI, diagnosing weak or missing signals, and recognizing measurement artifacts.
Why use it?
It helps choose the method that fits the sample, sensitivity, throughput, purity, and maintenance needs. It also helps interpret or troubleshoot unreliable binding signals.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Planning binding-kinetics experiments, choosing between SPR and BLI, diagnosing weak or missing signals, and recognizing measurement artifacts.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/adaptyvbio/protein-design-skills/binding-characterization
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add adaptyvbio/protein-design-skills --skill binding-characterization
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/adaptyvbio/protein-design-skills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 57 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,303 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00057 $0.02303
Opus 5 $0.00028 $0.01151
Sonnet 5 $0.00011 $0.00461
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00230

Measured 9d ago against content hash 0b4d459e10df, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

binding-characterization scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.

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None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

Copies of this mod

1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:

skills/binding-characterization/SKILL.md · 235 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 235 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Binding Characterization: SPR and BLI

SPR vs BLI Decision Matrix

Factor Choose SPR Choose BLI
Sensitivity Small molecules, fragments (<500 Da) Large complexes, antibodies
Throughput Low-medium (serial) High (96-well parallel)
Sample purity Required (clogs fluidics) Tolerates crude lysates
Kinetic resolution Higher (better for fast kinetics) Lower
Mass transport More sensitive (may distort kon) Less sensitive
Maintenance High (fluidics system) Low (dip-and-read)
Sample consumption Higher (continuous flow) Lower
Cost per experiment Lower chip cost, higher run cost Higher tip cost, lower run cost

Key differences

SPR (Surface Plasmon Resonance)

  • Mechanism: Detects refractive index changes at gold surface
  • Surface: Gold chip with dextran matrix (CM5, CM7, etc.)
  • Flow: Continuous microfluidics
  • Best for: Small molecules, high-affinity, precise kon/koff

BLI (Biolayer Interferometry)

  • Mechanism: Measures optical interference pattern shift
  • Surface: Fiber optic biosensor tips (SA, Ni-NTA, AHC)
  • Flow: Dip-and-read (no microfluidics)
  • Best for: High-throughput, crude samples, antibody screening

Troubleshooting: Why BLI works but SPR doesn't

Cause Mechanism Solution
Hydrophobic CDRs Adsorb to SPR gold/dextran surface Add 0.05% Tween-20, use CM7 chip with longer dextran
Aggregation Mass transport artifacts in SPR fluidics Filter sample (0.22μm), reduce ligand density
High instability Degrades during continuous flow Shorter cycle time, add stabilizers (trehalose 5%)
Charge mismatch Nonspecific binding to charged dextran Adjust buffer pH ±1 from pI, add BSA 1mg/mL
Slow dissociation Long regeneration needed (damages ligand) Use BLI (disposable tips)

Why SPR works but BLI doesn't

Read the full file on GitHub · 235 lines

Changes

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  1. 9d ago First seen · 235 lines · 57 tokens per session scan A 0b4d459e10df

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binding-characterization is a skill published in the GitHub repository adaptyvbio/protein-design-skills (158 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 57 tokens to every session and 2,303 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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