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primer-design

Designs and audits PCR and RT-qPCR primers with Primer3, explicit thermodynamic conditions, reference-based off-target amplification searches, and traceable sequence coordinates. Use for designing primer pairs, checking existing primers, exon-junction or isoform-specific assays, variant masking, cloning tails, multiplex compatibility, and interpreting Primer-BLAST results. Includes bounded local i

Type: Skill by K-Dense Inc.
Catalog: Scientific Agent Skills (K-Dense)
Source: K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/skills/primer-design (15 files scanned)
Install and details: Agent Skills Index entry
License: MIT (SKILL.md frontmatter)
Signals: Bundled scriptsSpawns processes

Pre-approved tools

No allowed-tools or tools list in its SKILL.md, command or agent files, so the agent asks before using tools as usual.

Hooks

No hooks.

MCP servers and apps

None.

Bundled code

5 code files (Python):

Network calls

No HTTP or socket call pattern found in the code.

Starts other programs

1 file. First match per file:

skills/primer-design/scripts/_specificity.py:198
```
completed = subprocess.run(
```

Credentials referenced

No key, token or secret environment variable found in code or MCP config.

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