Ginkgo Cloud Lab

This connects Claude to Ginkgo Bioworks' autonomous lab platform where you can submit real protein expression jobs or commission fluorescent bacterial pixel art. It handles three protocols: basic cell-free protein validation ($39, 5-10 days), optimization runs with design-of-experiments ($199, 6-11 days), and turning images into living art using acoustic-dispensed E. coli strains ($25/plate). The infrastructure is serious,Reconfigurable Automation Carts with robotic arms and 70+ instruments running in their Boston facility. There's also an AI estimator for custom protocols outside the catalog. Feels like the kind of thing you'd use for rapid prototyping before scaling up, or just to see if a protein idea is worth pursuing without spinning up your own lab bench.

Install to Claude Code

npx -y skills add k-dense-ai/scientific-agent-skills --skill ginkgo-cloud-lab --agent claude-code