Query BindingDB for measured protein-ligand binding affinities (Ki, Kd, IC50, EC50) via its keyless REST API or the full TSV download, searching by target (UniProt ID), compound (SMILES), or pathogen. Use when looking up experimental binding constants, profiling inhibitors of a protein target, doing lead optimization, polypharmacology analysis, or structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies…
Install
npx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills --skill alterlab-bindingdbnpx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills --skill alterlab-bindingdb -a claude-code -gnpx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills --skill alterlab-bindingdb -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills.git --path skills/databases/alterlab-bindingdbgh skill install AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills alterlab-bindingdbgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills /tmp/AlterLab-IEU__AlterLab-Academic-Skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/AlterLab-IEU__AlterLab-Academic-Skills/skills/databases/alterlab-bindingdb ~/.claude/skills/alterlab-bindingdb # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/AlterLab-IEU__AlterLab-Academic-Skills/skills/databases/alterlab-bindingdb ~/.agents/skills/alterlab-bindingdb # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode