# Benchling agent skills for Claude Code, Cursor and RevampKey

> Ready-made Benchling playbooks for AI agents. Free SKILL.md files for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex, or one click in RevampKey.

## Skills

- [Use Benchling with AI, safely](https://revampkey.com/marketplace/benchling/skills/essentials.md): 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.

## Install

- RevampKey: connect Benchling at https://revampkey.com/marketplace/benchling; the skills come with it.
- Any Agent Skills tool, into the current project:

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

### 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.

MCP setup guide: https://revampkey.com/marketplace/benchling.md