pyOpenMS Mass Spectrometry Workflows
Run end-to-end proteomics and metabolomics LC-MS/MS analysis with ready-made pyOpenMS CLI scripts.
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What it does
- Inspects and converts MS files (mzML/mzXML/MGF/featureXML/consensusXML/idXML) and runs configurable signal-processing chains.
- Detects features for metabolomics (MassTraceDetection → ElutionPeakDetection → FeatureFindingMetabo) and peptides (FeatureFinderAlgorithmPicked), then aligns RT, links consensus features and exports quant matrices.
- Handles annotation: adduct grouping, HMDB accurate-mass search, GNPS FBMN / SIRIUS export, plus FDR filtering of search results.
- Provides chemistry helpers: monoisotopic/average mass, in-silico digestion, theoretical fragment spectra, chromatogram extraction and plots.
- Documents pyOpenMS 3.5.0 breaking API changes so legacy tutorial code doesn't silently fail.
Who it's for
- Proteomics/metabolomics researchers and core-facility analysts.
- Python users automating OpenMS pipelines.
- Anyone hitting errors from outdated OpenMS examples.
Examples
python scripts/inspect_ms_data.py sample.mzML --spectra-csv spectra.csvfor a quick raw-file audit.- Multi-sample study:
align_link_quantify.py s1.mzML s2.mzML s3.mzML --out-prefix studythenconsensus_to_matrix.py study.consensusXML --normalize median. - Peptide chemistry:
mass_calculator.py --peptide "PEPTIDEM(Oxidation)K" --charges 1 2 3 --isotopes 5.
· · · Install guide · · ·
Try it now, no install
Paste this into Claude to use the skill without installing anything.
Read the instructions in this file and follow them to help me: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/HEAD/skills/pyopenms/SKILL.md What I want: (describe your task here)
If Claude can't open the link, open it yourself and paste the contents instead.
↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.
Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
- Download the ZIP with the button below.
- In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
- Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the 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/pyopenms folder from the GitHub repo K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/pyopenms/. 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 /tmp/sas && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r /tmp/sas/skills/pyopenms ~/.claude/skills/⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.
- Confirm Python 3.9+ and
uvare installed (python --version,uv --version). - Clone the repo:
git clone https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills.git - Copy the skill:
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r scientific-agent-skills/skills/pyopenms ~/.claude/skills/ - Install the library:
uv pip install pyopenms(targets 3.5.0). - Verify:
python -c "import pyopenms as ms; print(ms.__version__)"— the one-line memory notice on import is harmless. - Restart Claude Code and ask something like "analyze this mzML file" to trigger the skill. For HMDB structure annotation, supply
HMDB2StructMapping.tsvyourself.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT