bio-copy-number-focal-amplification-ecdna

bio-copy-number-focal-amplification-ecdna is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from GPTomics/bioSkills. It costs 149 tokens per session (2,605 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A workflow for reconstructing the structure behind focal oncogene amplifications from whole-genome sequencing. It distinguishes extrachromosomal DNA, which is DNA outside chromosomes, from other amplification structures such as breakage-fusion-bridge cycles and chromosomal regions.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use AmpliconSuite, AmpliconArchitect, and AmpliconClassifier to reconstruct and classify amplification architecture from whole-genome sequencing data.
Why use it?
A copy-number caller can show that an oncogene is highly amplified without explaining how the DNA is arranged. The structure affects how the amplification behaves and requires breakpoint and graph analysis.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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

Good fit Use AmpliconSuite, AmpliconArchitect, and AmpliconClassifier to reconstruct and classify amplification architecture from whole-genome sequencing data.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/gptomics/bioskills/focal-amplification-ecdna
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add GPTomics/bioSkills --skill focal-amplification-ecdna
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GPTomics/bioSkills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 149 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,605 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

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00149 $0.02605
Opus 5 $0.00075 $0.01303
Sonnet 5 $0.00030 $0.00521
Haiku 4.5 $0.00015 $0.00261

Measured 7d ago against content hash 593ef01e8c2a, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

bio-copy-number-focal-amplification-ecdna 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 7d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 1 executable file (examples/run_ampliconsuite.sh), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

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:

copy-number/focal-amplification-ecdna/SKILL.md · 173 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 173 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Version Compatibility

Reference examples tested with: AmpliconSuite-pipeline 1.3+, AmpliconArchitect 1.3+, AmpliconClassifier 1.2+, CNVkit 0.9.10+, Python 3.10+, samtools 1.19+.

Before using code patterns, verify installed versions match. If versions differ:

  • CLI: AmpliconSuite-pipeline.py --help, amplicon_classifier.py --help
  • AmpliconArchitect needs a $AA_DATA_REPO reference download and a Mosek license (free for academic use); confirm both are configured before running

Verify the reference build — AmpliconArchitect was historically hg19-centric; GRCh38 support and data repos exist but the build must be set explicitly and consistently.

Focal Amplification and ecDNA

"This oncogene is amplified — but how, structurally" -> A depth caller reports "high focal amplification" and stops. The biology depends entirely on the architecture: extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) behaves utterly differently from a chromosomal homogeneously staining region. Resolving architecture needs the breakpoint graph, not depth.

  • CLI: AmpliconSuite-pipeline.py (end-to-end), AmpliconArchitect (graph reconstruction), AmpliconClassifier (architecture call)
  • Input: WGS BAM plus copy-number seeds (high-CN focal regions)

Why Architecture Matters — Four Amplicon Classes

Class Structure Behavior Why it matters
ecDNA Circular, episomal, no centromere Hundreds of copies; unequal mitotic segregation; rapid CN adaptation Drives oncogene overexpression, intratumor heterogeneity, therapy resistance; ~14% of cancers
BFB Chromosomal, fold-back inversions Stepwise CN gradient toward telomere Distinct breakpoint signature; bounded amplification
HSR Linear, integrated chromosomally Stable inheritance Chromosomal — segregates evenly, unlike ecDNA
Linear/simple Tandem or simple amplification Modest copy gain Often passenger-scale; lowest oncogenic concern

ecDNA is the highest-stakes call: because it lacks a centromere it segregates unequally, so copy number can surge under selection — a structural basis for resistance. Depth alone cannot distinguish ecDNA from an HSR; both look like a high-amplitude focal gain.

Read the full file on GitHub · 173 lines

Files

What ships with it

2 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 7d ago First seen · 173 lines · 149 tokens per session scan A 593ef01e8c2a

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bio-copy-number-focal-amplification-ecdna is a skill published in the GitHub repository GPTomics/bioSkills (1,199 stars, last pushed 26d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 149 tokens to every session and 2,605 once invoked, about $0.0007 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 2026-09-03.

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