IHME GBD agent skills for Claude Code, Cursor and RevampKey

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

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All 5 IHME GBD 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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Gets the scope right before pulling Global Burden of Disease estimates, so every figure carries its measure, year and location. It asks you to confirm missing details rather than guessing.

Use it when

You want deaths or DALYs for a disease in one country and a specific year
You need to know which GBD tool fits a question before pulling numbers
A GBD lookup failed or returned more data than you can use

Tools it uses

get_cause_burden
get_mortality_probability
get_cause_trend
get_child_mortality_trend
get_multi_location_trend
get_percent_change
build_choropleth_map
build_location_profile
build_disease_profile
build_risk_outcome_profile
build_location_children_profile
build_disease_children_profile
get_actual_vs_expected
check_profile_cache
define_term

Example

How many deaths from malaria were there in Nigeria in 2023?

In 2023, GBD estimates 216,719 malaria deaths in Nigeria, all ages, both sexes, counted as deaths rather than a rate. Source: IHME GBD 2023. For a fair comparison with other countries, I would use the age-standardised death rate instead.

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Compare locations and subnational units with the IHME GBD connector

Compares several sub-locations within one parent, such as states, provinces or countries in a region, on life expectancy, child mortality or cause burden. It normalises the figures and tests whether differences hold before ranking places.

Use it when

You want to know which states in a country have the highest malaria burden, normalised for population.
You are comparing provinces on life expectancy and need to know whether the gap is real.
You need to rank countries in a region on child mortality without the largest countries dominating.

Tools it uses

build_location_children_profile
get_multi_location_trend
get_life_expectancy
get_cause_burden
get_mortality_probability
get_actual_vs_expected

Example

Compare the states of Nigeria on malaria death rates in 2023 and tell me which differences are real.

Imo, Abia and Rivers show the highest malaria death rates in 2023 per 100,000 people. Imo's rate is roughly double the national average and holds across the last three years, so that gap is solid. Several small states rank high on a few deaths, so I have marked their positions as indicative only.

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Development gap analysis for IHME GBD

Checks whether a country's life expectancy or disease burden is higher or lower than its Socio-demographic Index level predicts, and what drives the gap. Asks before changing any saved state.

Use it when

A user asks whether a country does better or worse than its income or development level would predict
A user wants a development-adjusted comparison of health outcomes
A user asks why a place's outcomes look out of line with its SDI

Tools it uses

get_actual_vs_expected
get_cause_burden
get_le_decomposition
get_life_expectancy
get_cause_trend
get_child_mortality_trend
get_mortality_probability
get_etiology
get_mmr
get_fertility

Example

Is Nigeria's life expectancy lower than expected for its level of development, and what is driving the gap?

Nigeria's life expectancy in 2023 was 64.5 years, about 4.2 years below the level expected for its SDI. The gap has persisted across the last five years. Decomposition points to childhood and neonatal causes as the largest contributors, so the gap is concentrated early in life rather than spread across adulthood.

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Location disease burden brief from GBD estimates

Builds a sourced fact sheet for one cause in one location, with deaths, DALYs, rates, trend and rank, each figure labelled by measure, year, sex and age. It reads only and does not change any data.

Use it when

You want to know how large a disease problem is in a country or region.
You need the trend of one cause in one place, with the rate and count kept separate.
You are preparing a sourced summary of a single cause for a report or briefing.

Tools it uses

define_term
get_cause_burden
get_cause_trend
get_percent_change

Example

Give me a sourced burden brief for ischaemic heart disease in Kenya, 2023, both sexes, all ages.

In 2023, ischaemic heart disease in Kenya caused about 19,000 deaths in both sexes, all ages, the age-standardised death rate being roughly 90 per 100,000. It ranked among the top causes of DALYs in the country. Over 2000 to 2023 the count rose while the age-standardised rate was broadly flat, so the increase is mainly population growth and ageing. These figures are illustrative.

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Review the attributable burden of a risk factor

Traces one risk factor, such as smoking or air pollution, to the causes it drives, its exposure level and the burden that could be averted. It keeps causal estimates separate from associations and asks before changing any settings.

Use it when

You want to know how much disease a risk factor such as smoking or air pollution causes in a country
You need the causes linked to high blood pressure and how much burden each accounts for
You want to know how much burden could be averted if a risk were reduced

Tools it uses

get_etiology
build_risk_outcome_profile
get_cause_burden
get_cause_trend
get_actual_vs_expected

Example

How much of the disease burden in India in 2023 is attributable to air pollution, and which causes does it drive?

In India in 2023, air pollution is attributed to 16.5 million DALYs. Ischemic heart disease and stroke account for the largest shares, and COPD and lung cancer follow. Exposure is high and has been falling slowly since 2010. Attributed burden is a model estimate of what could be averted under a counterfactual, not a forecast.

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How IHME GBD skills work

Connect IHME GBD
The IHME GBD MCP server gives the agent its tools.
Ask in plain words
“Compare the states of Nigeria on malaria death rates in 2023 and tell me which differences are real.” 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 IHME GBD skills

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

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Ask in plain language, for example “Compare the states of Nigeria on malaria death rates in 2023 and tell me which differences are real.”
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for s in essentials compare-locations-or-subnational-units development-gap-analysis location-disease-burden-brief risk-factor-attributable-burden-review; do curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/ihme-gbd-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/ihme-gbd/skills/$s/SKILL.md done
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Into this project’s .claude/skills folder

Connect the IHME GBD MCP server in Claude Code.

Run this in your project folder to add all 5 skills:

for s in essentials compare-locations-or-subnational-units development-gap-analysis location-disease-burden-brief risk-factor-attributable-burden-review; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/ihme-gbd-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/ihme-gbd/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done

Ask in plain language, for example “Compare the states of Nigeria on malaria death rates in 2023 and tell me which differences are real.”

Into the shared .agents/skills folder

Connect the IHME GBD MCP server in Cursor.

Run this in your project folder to add all 5 skills:

for s in essentials compare-locations-or-subnational-units development-gap-analysis location-disease-burden-brief risk-factor-attributable-burden-review; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/ihme-gbd-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/ihme-gbd/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done

Ask in plain language, for example “Compare the states of Nigeria on malaria death rates in 2023 and tell me which differences are real.”

Into the shared .agents/skills folder

Connect the IHME GBD MCP server in Codex.

Run this in your project folder to add all 5 skills:

for s in essentials compare-locations-or-subnational-units development-gap-analysis location-disease-burden-brief risk-factor-attributable-burden-review; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/ihme-gbd-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/ihme-gbd/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done

Ask in plain language, for example “Compare the states of Nigeria on malaria death rates in 2023 and tell me which differences are real.”

Into the shared .agents/skills folder

Connect the IHME GBD MCP server in VS Code.

Run this in your project folder to add all 5 skills:

for s in essentials compare-locations-or-subnational-units development-gap-analysis location-disease-burden-brief risk-factor-attributable-burden-review; do
  curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .agents/skills/ihme-gbd-$s/SKILL.md https://revampkey.com/marketplace/ihme-gbd/skills/$s/SKILL.md
done

Ask in plain language, for example “Compare the states of Nigeria on malaria death rates in 2023 and tell me which differences are real.”

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Removed when you disconnect
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IHME GBD skills FAQ

What is a IHME GBD agent skill?

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

Do the IHME GBD skills change anything on their own?

5 of the 5 only read. The others tell the agent to show you the change and wait for a yes before it creates, edits or deletes anything in IHME GBD.

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 IHME GBD; elsewhere you copy the folders into your project or skills directory.

Do I need the IHME GBD MCP server too?

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

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All 5 IHME GBD skills

Use the IHME GBD connector with AI

Use it when

Tools it uses

Compare locations and subnational units with the IHME GBD connector

Use it when

Tools it uses

Development gap analysis for IHME GBD

Use it when

Tools it uses

Location disease burden brief from GBD estimates

Use it when

Tools it uses

Review the attributable burden of a risk factor

Use it when

Tools it uses

Get all 5 without copying a file

How IHME GBD skills work

How to install IHME GBD skills

RevampKey or copy the files?

In RevampKey

Copy into your project

IHME GBD skills FAQ

Put IHME GBD’s best workflows in your agent

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