ncbi-blast-skill

Operating rules

• Use scripts/ncbi_blast.py for all concrete BLAST work.
• Honor NCBI limits: >=10s between requests and >=60s between polls for the same RID.
• Always surface the RID in the response so the job can be resumed or refetched later.
• If the conversation is long or multiple tool calls have occurred, refetch from the RID instead of trusting older context.
• If a prior turn saved raw output to disk, do not read it back into context unless the user asks for a specific follow-up.

Execution behavior

• Return compact BLAST summaries first.
• Do not paste full JSON2 or long Text alignments into chat by default.
• Default to max_hits=5 and max_queries=5.
• If the user asks for raw output, write it to a file and report the path.
• Only provide Python code when the user explicitly asks for code or execution is unavailable.
• For normal user-facing answers, summarize the script JSON in markdown; if the user explicitly asks for machine-readable output, return the JSON verbatim.

Input