> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.kalarislabs.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# bids — AI agent skill for life sciences

> Organizes, queries, validates, and converts neuroscience and biomedical datasets using the Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) standard, covering MRI, PET…

# `bids`

> Organizes, queries, validates, and converts neuroscience and biomedical datasets using the Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) standard, covering MRI, PET, EEG, MEG, iEEG, EMG, NIRS, microscopy, motion capture, and behavioral data. Covers PyBIDS (BIDSLayout), the bids-validator, HeuDiConv, dcm2bids, BIDScoin, JSON sidecars, dataset\_description.json, events.tsv, participants.tsv, .bidsignore, and derivatives. Use when arranging raw data into BIDS directories and filenames. Use when converting DICOM scans to BIDS. Use when validating a dataset before OpenNeuro or DANDI submission. Use when querying files or sidecar metadata with PyBIDS. Use when writing BIDS derivatives. For extracellular Neuropixels analysis, use neuropixels-analysis instead.

**Category:** [life-sciences](/research-agent-skills/skills#life-sciences) · **License:** [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · **Version:** 1.1

## Install

```bash theme={null}
npx research-agent-skills install bids
npx skills add KalarisLabs/research-agent-skills --skill bids
```

## When to use it

Organizes, queries, validates, and converts neuroscience and biomedical datasets using the Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) standard, covering MRI, PET, EEG, MEG, iEEG, EMG, NIRS, microscopy, motion capture, and behavioral data. Covers PyBIDS (BIDSLayout), the bids-validator, HeuDiConv, dcm2bids, BIDScoin, JSON sidecars, dataset\_description.json, events.tsv, participants.tsv, .bidsignore, and derivatives. Use when arranging raw data into BIDS directories and filenames. Use when converting DICOM scans to BIDS. Use when validating a dataset before OpenNeuro or DANDI submission. Use when querying files or sidecar metadata with PyBIDS. Use when writing BIDS derivatives. For extracellular Neuropixels analysis, use neuropixels-analysis instead.

## Full playbook

Read [SKILL.md](https://github.com/KalarisLabs/research-agent-skills/blob/main/skills/bids/SKILL.md) for the complete workflow, references and any scripts. The agent installer copies the full skill folder.


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