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Ginkgo Cloud Lab Guide

Helps Claude pick protocols, prepare inputs, estimate pricing, and walk through ordering on Ginkgo Bioworks Cloud Lab (cloud.ginkgo.bio).

UtilitiesIntermediate★ 33,030⑂ 3,248AI score 7/10Last updated: Aug 9, 2026

What it does

Gives Claude a structured catalog of Ginkgo Bioworks' autonomous cloud lab (cloud.ginkgo.bio) so it can advise on outsourced wet-lab work.

  • Protocol catalog: cell-free / E. coli / Pichia protein expression and purification, IVT mRNA & circRNA synthesis, HiBiT / A280 / LabChip quantification, thermal shift developability, Echo-MS enzyme assays, SPR target onboarding, and fluorescent pixel art — each with readout, per-sample price, turnaround, and Certified/Beta status.
  • Selection logic: recommendations by goal (quick expressibility screen, purified protein + yield, difficult membrane/disulfide targets, secreted eukaryotic targets, binder kinetics).
  • Ordering workflow: configure parameters → download template and upload FASTA/CSV/XLSX inputs → add special requirements → receive feasibility report and quote.
  • Custom work: points to the EstiMate agent for plain-language custom protocol feasibility and pricing.

Who it's for

  • Biotech and academic researchers without in-house automation who outsource expression and purification.
  • Protein design teams moving de novo binders/minibinders from silico to experimental validation.
  • R&D leads who need cost and timeline estimates before committing budget.

Examples

  1. "Screen 200 minibinder sequences as cheaply as possible" → suggests cell-free HiBiT ($39/sample) or the sequence-validation tier and totals cost plus turnaround.
  2. "Rank purified variants by thermal stability" → routes to Strep-tag purification + SYPRO Orange thermal shift and explains the required input format.
  3. "Quantify my enzyme's reaction product" → sequences Echo-MS method onboarding ($799/molecule) before the enzymatic product detection protocol.

· · · Install guide · · ·

Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
↓ Download ZIP
Install in Claude Code

Let Claude do it — paste this into Claude Code

Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart.
Copy the skills/ginkgo-cloud-lab folder from the GitHub repo K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/ginkgo-cloud-lab/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r scientific-agent-skills/skills/ginkgo-cloud-lab ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal (Terminal on macOS/Linux, Git Bash or WSL on Windows).
  2. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills.git
  3. Create the skills directory: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy this skill only: cp -r scientific-agent-skills/skills/ginkgo-cloud-lab ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Verify with ls ~/.claude/skills/ginkgo-cloud-lab — you should see SKILL.md and a references folder.
  6. Restart Claude Code and ask something like "Recommend a Ginkgo Cloud Lab protocol for expressing my protein."
  7. Actual ordering requires a cloud.ginkgo.bio account; always confirm current pricing and turnaround on the site.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT