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LatchBio Workflow Integration

An expert skill that guides Claude to build, register, debug, and operate bioinformatics workflows on the Latch platform.

Dev & CodingAdvanced★ 33,030⑂ 3,248AI score 8/10Last updated: Aug 9, 2026

What it does

Pinned to Latch SDK 2.76.8, this skill walks Claude through the full bioinformatics pipeline lifecycle:

  • Authoring Python SDK @workflow / @task graphs with fully typed interfaces
  • Packaging and registering Python, Nextflow, and Snakemake pipelines (latch register, latch develop)
  • Configuring CPU, memory, storage, GPU, caching, retries, and timeouts
  • Working with Latch Data (LPath, LatchFile, LatchDir) and Registry projects/tables/records
  • Designing launch forms, launch plans, samplesheets, and monitoring runs via Latch MCP

A routing table points to nine focused files under references/ so only relevant docs are loaded, and scripts/inspect_latch_sdk.py verifies the actual symbols in the installed SDK.

Who it's for

  • Bioinformatics engineers running pipelines on Latch
  • Research teams migrating Nextflow/Snakemake pipelines to the cloud
  • Anyone losing time to SDK/Python version compatibility issues during registration and debugging

Examples

  1. "Get this Nextflow pipeline ready to register on Latch" → generates the entrypoint, checks the Dockerfile, runs latch register --staging, then validates the image with latch develop
  2. "Move the alignment task to GPU resources" → prefers named task decorators, falls back to custom_task only when justified, and asks for cost confirmation before launching
  3. "Batch-launch the workflow over the sample list in Registry" → reads Registry, builds a samplesheet, and launches via launch_v2 after reviewing parameters and cost

· · · 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.
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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/latchbio-integration folder from the GitHub repo K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/latchbio-integration/.
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/latchbio-integration ~/.claude/skills/

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

  1. Open a terminal and clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills.git
  2. Copy the skill into your Claude Code skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r scientific-agent-skills/skills/latchbio-integration ~/.claude/skills/
  3. Create a Python environment (3.12 recommended): uv venv --python 3.12 && source .venv/bin/activate
  4. Install the pinned SDK: uv pip install "latch==2.76.8"
  5. Log in and select your workspace: latch login, then latch workspace
  6. Restart Claude Code and ask something like "register this Latch workflow" to trigger the skill.
  7. On Windows, run everything inside WSL; install Docker only if you need local image builds.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT