Ginkgo Cloud Lab Ordering
Guides choosing, preparing, pricing and ordering lab protocols on Ginkgo Bioworks Cloud Lab
- Repository
- K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
- Stars
- 55,780
- Licence
- MIT
- Files
- 15 files
What it does
This skill teaches an AI agent how to help you use Ginkgo Bioworks' remote cloud lab service. Instead of running experiments yourself, you order protein expression, purification, assay, or RNA synthesis work from an automated lab through a website. Once installed, the agent can recommend the right protocol for your goal, explain inputs and turnaround times and price tiers from a catalog snapshot, and walk you through preparing files and placing the order in your browser. It does not run lab work itself and reads only the bundled reference notes.
Great for
- Researchers planning cell-free or E. coli protein expression who want help choosing a protocol and budget
- Lab teams preparing intake files and a replicate or plate map before submitting an order
- Scientists comparing HiBiT, A280, LabChip, thermal shift, or Echo-MS options on Ginkgo Cloud Lab
Skip it if
- Anyone expecting live pricing or guaranteed turnaround: the catalog figures are a dated 2026-09-30 snapshot and the skill says to recheck the configured quote before ordering
- Safety-critical or regulated work needing validated results: the skill itself notes a feasibility report or quote is not evidence of performance
- Users without a Ginkgo Cloud Lab account, since ordering and results need access
Try asking
- “Which Ginkgo cloud lab protocol should I use to quickly check whether my protein expresses?”
- “Help me prepare the input manifest and replicate map for an A280 purification order”
- “Estimate the cost of a cell-free HiBiT run for 96 constructs”
- “What should I check before ordering an Echo-MS enzymatic product detection?”
Install in 3 steps
- 1
Download the skill
The ZIP contains the 15 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.
ginkgo-cloud-lab.zip - 2
Add it to your agent
Claude Code (all projects)
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip ginkgo-cloud-lab.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)
mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip ginkgo-cloud-lab.zip -d .claude/skills/Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.
- 3
Ask for the task
No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.
Get better results
- Recheck the protocol's live catalog page and a configured quote before committing money, since the listed prices and turnarounds are a snapshot.
- Save the protocol URL, input template revision, construct manifest, plate map, and quote ID together so your order is traceable.
- Avoid pasting account credentials or confidential sequences into the agent unless your organisation permits it; keep ordering and payment steps under your own control.
What's inside
- references/cell-free-protein-expression-hibit.md
- references/cell-free-protein-expression-optimization.md
- references/cell-free-protein-expression-validation.md
- references/cfps-expression-purification-quantification.md
- references/cfps-strep-purification-thermal-shift.md
- references/cfps-strep-tag-purification-a280.md
- references/echo-ms-cfps-detection.md
- references/echo-ms-method-onboarding.md
- references/ecoli-expression-purification-quantification.md
- references/ecoli-minibinder-expression-histag-a280.md
- references/ecoli-protein-expression-hibit.md
- references/ecoli-protein-expression-histag-a280.md
- references/fluorescent-pixel-art-generation.md
- references/ivt-rna-synthesis-qpcr.md
- SKILL.md
Redistributed unmodified from K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.