Query cBioPortal via its keyless REST API for cancer genomics across TCGA, GENIE, MSK-IMPACT and hundreds of studies — somatic mutations, copy-number alterations (GISTIC), mRNA/protein expression, structural variants, and patient-level clinical/survival data.
Install
npx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills --skill alterlab-cbioportalnpx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills --skill alterlab-cbioportal -a claude-code -gnpx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills --skill alterlab-cbioportal -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills.git --path skills/databases/alterlab-cbioportalgh skill install AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills alterlab-cbioportalgit 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-cbioportal ~/.claude/skills/alterlab-cbioportal # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/AlterLab-IEU__AlterLab-Academic-Skills/skills/databases/alterlab-cbioportal ~/.agents/skills/alterlab-cbioportal # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode