alphafold-database-fetch-and-analyzelisted
Install: claude install-skill BeyondTheProtocol/polaris
# AlphaFold Database: Fetch and Analyze
## Prerequisites
1. **`uv`**: Read the `uv` skill and follow its Setup instructions to ensure
`uv` is installed and on PATH.
2. **User Notification**: If
.licenses/alphafold_database_fetch_and_analyze_LICENSE.txt does not already
exist in the workspace root directory then (1) prominently notify the user
to check the terms at https://alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/, then (2) create the file
recording the notification text and timestamp.
## Overview
Downloads AlphaFold predicted structures (mmCIF) and Predicted Aligned Error
(PAE) matrices from the AlphaFold Database for a given UniProt ID, then performs
automated heuristic analysis on structural confidence (pLDDT), intrinsically
disordered regions, rigid domain boundaries, and inter-domain flexibility.
**Do NOT use when:**
- The user only has a protein name, gene name, or amino acid sequence (no
UniProt ID) — ask them to look up the ID on
[UniProt](https://www.uniprot.org).
- The user wants to search for structural homologs (use **Foldseek**).
- The user wants to run AlphaFold predictions on a custom sequence.
- The user needs experimental PDB structures (use **RCSB PDB**).
## Core Rules
- **Use the Wrapper**: ALWAYS execute the provided helper scripts to query the
database rather than accessing the database directly. The scripts
automatically enforce the required rate limit gracefully.
- Do not attempt to calculate domain boundaries or asse