Bizard Skills

AI-Ready Visualization Skills for Biomedical Research

Author

Bizard Team

Published

2026-03-20

Modified

2026-05-05

πŸ€– AI Skill β€” Download the Bizard unified skill for your AI assistant ⬇️ Download Skill ZIP

What are Bizard Skills? 🧠

Bizard Skills is an AI skill package that turns your AI assistant into a biomedical visualization expert. When you load this skill, your AI can:

  • Recommend the best visualization type for your data and research question
  • Generate reproducible R / Python / Julia plotting code adapted from Bizard tutorials
  • Search across 793 curated figure examples using the included gallery data
  • Link you to the full tutorial for detailed customization

The skill package works with any AI tool that supports custom instructions or knowledge files:

  • ChatGPT / GPT-4: Load as custom instructions + knowledge file
  • Claude: Upload as project files
  • GitHub Copilot Chat: Reference with #file:SKILL.md
  • Local LLMs (Ollama, LM Studio): Load as system prompt context
Tip

Quick start: Download the ZIP below β†’ Load SKILL.md as your AI’s instructions β†’ Upload gallery_data.csv as a knowledge file β†’ Ask: β€œHelp me create a volcano plot for my differential expression results”


Download the Skill Package

The ZIP contains:

  • SKILL.md β€” AI skill instructions: teaches your AI assistant how to use Bizard for visualization recommendations and code generation
  • gallery_data.csv β€” 793 visualization examples with image URLs, tutorial links, descriptions, and categories
  • gallery_data_zh.csv β€” Chinese version of the gallery data
  • README.md β€” Installation guide for different AI tools
⬇️ Download Bizard Skill ZIP

Regenerating Skills

SKILL.md is automatically regenerated when tutorials are updated on the main branch. To regenerate manually:

# LLM mode (requires API key in environment)
python .github/scripts/generate_skills.py --verbose

# Offline mode (rule-based extraction)
python .github/scripts/generate_skills.py --offline --verbose

See the Skill Generation Specification for the full technical specification.