Benchling agent skills for Claude Code, Cursor and RevampKey

1 ready-made playbooks that teach an AI agent how to do real Benchling work: which tools to call, what to check first, and when to stop and ask you.

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All 1 Benchling skills

Each skill is one job. You ask in plain words and the agent loads the skill that matches, then follows its steps.

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Use Benchling with AI, safely

Shows how to query your Benchling tenant through the MCP connector, check on pending requests, and get explicit approval before any notebook entry is changed.

Use it when

You have just connected Benchling and want to confirm the setup works
An AI assistant reports that Benchling is not connected or returns a 404
You want to ask a question about a study and check on the answer

Tools it uses

benchling_agent
benchling_task_status
benchling_agent_edit_entry

Example

Summarise the dose-response results for study BX-112, one row per compound, and tell me if the answer is still pending.

Your tenant is confirmed and Benchling Chat is enabled. I asked the Benchling agent for a per-compound summary of study BX-112. The request is still running, so I checked its task status and will report back once it completes. I have not verified the figures against the entry yet; the Benchling links in the response point to the source records for you to check.

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RevampKey adds the skills when you connect Benchling, updates them for you and removes them when you disconnect.

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How Benchling skills work

Connect Benchling
The Benchling MCP server gives the agent its tools.
Ask in plain words
“Summarise the dose-response results for study BX-112, one row per compound, and tell me if the answer is still pending.” Each SKILL.md says when it applies, so only the one that fits is loaded.
Approve any change
The agent calls the tools in order, checks its work, and shows you any change before it makes it.

How to install Benchling skills

In RevampKey the skills install themselves when you connect Benchling. In other tools each skill is one folder with a SKILL.md file, and you also need the Benchling MCP server connected there.

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Open Connectors and connect Benchling. All 1 skills come with it and stay up to date; they go away when you remove the connector.
Ask in plain language, for example “Summarise the dose-response results for study BX-112, one row per compound, and tell me if the answer is still pending.”
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curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/benchling-essentials/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/benchling/skills/essentials/SKILL.md
Other tools

Into this project’s .claude/skills folder

Connect the Benchling MCP server in Claude Code.

Run this in your project folder to add all 1 skills:

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/benchling-essentials/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/benchling/skills/essentials/SKILL.md

Ask in plain language, for example “Summarise the dose-response results for study BX-112, one row per compound, and tell me if the answer is still pending.”

Into the shared .agents/skills folder

Connect the Benchling MCP server in Cursor.

Run this in your project folder to add all 1 skills:

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/benchling-essentials/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/benchling/skills/essentials/SKILL.md

Ask in plain language, for example “Summarise the dose-response results for study BX-112, one row per compound, and tell me if the answer is still pending.”

Into the shared .agents/skills folder

Connect the Benchling MCP server in Codex.

Run this in your project folder to add all 1 skills:

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/benchling-essentials/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/benchling/skills/essentials/SKILL.md

Ask in plain language, for example “Summarise the dose-response results for study BX-112, one row per compound, and tell me if the answer is still pending.”

Into the shared .agents/skills folder

Connect the Benchling MCP server in VS Code.

Run this in your project folder to add all 1 skills:

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/benchling-essentials/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/benchling/skills/essentials/SKILL.md

Ask in plain language, for example “Summarise the dose-response results for study BX-112, one row per compound, and tell me if the answer is still pending.”

RevampKey or copy the files?

In RevampKey

One click when you connect Benchling
Updated for you when a skill improves
Removed when you disconnect
The MCP server is set up for you
800+ other connectors, same way

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Copy into your project

One command per project
Run it again to get updates
You connect the Benchling MCP server yourself
Works in Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and VS Code

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Benchling skills FAQ

What is a Benchling agent skill?

A SKILL.md file: a short playbook an AI agent loads when your request matches it. Each Benchling skill describes one job, which Benchling tools to use in which order, what to check first and when to stop and ask you.

Do the Benchling skills change anything on their own?

The others tell the agent to show you the change and wait for a yes before it creates, edits or deletes anything in Benchling.

Which tools can use these skills?

Any agent that reads the open Agent Skills format: Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, VS Code with Copilot and RevampKey. In RevampKey they are attached when you connect Benchling; elsewhere you copy the folders into your project or skills directory.

Do I need the Benchling MCP server too?

Yes. The skills tell the agent how to do the work; the Benchling MCP server gives it the tools to do it. The Benchling MCP setup guide covers every client.

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All 1 Benchling skills

Use Benchling with AI, safely

Use it when

Tools it uses

Get all 1 without copying a file

How Benchling skills work

How to install Benchling skills

RevampKey or copy the files?

In RevampKey

Copy into your project

Benchling skills FAQ

Put Benchling’s best workflows in your agent

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