Submit, poll, and summarize NCBI BLAST Common URL API jobs (Blast.cgi) for nucleotide or protein sequences. Use when a user wants RID status, BLAST results, or compact top-hit summaries; fetch raw Text/JSON2 only on request.
Install
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill ncbi-blast-skillnpx skills add openai/plugins --skill ncbi-blast-skill -a claude-code -gnpx skills add openai/plugins --skill ncbi-blast-skill -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/openai/plugins.git --path plugins/life-science-research/skills/ncbi-blast-skillgh skill install openai/plugins ncbi-blast-skillgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/openai/plugins /tmp/openai__plugins
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/openai__plugins/plugins/life-science-research/skills/ncbi-blast-skill ~/.claude/skills/ncbi-blast-skill # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/openai__plugins/plugins/life-science-research/skills/ncbi-blast-skill ~/.agents/skills/ncbi-blast-skill # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode