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# imaging-data-commons — AI agent skill for scientific databases

> Query and download public cancer imaging data from NCI Imaging Data Commons.

# `imaging-data-commons`

> Query and download public cancer imaging data from NCI Imaging Data Commons. Invoke for any question about IDC collections, cancer imaging datasets, DICOM data access, radiology (CT, MR, PET) or pathology AI training sets, metadata queries, visualization, or license checks — even when the user doesn't explicitly mention "IDC". No authentication required.

**Category:** [scientific-databases](/research-agent-skills/skills#scientific-databases) · **License:** This skill is provided under the MIT License. IDC data itself has individual licensing (mostly CC-BY, some CC-NC) that must be respected when using the data. · **Version:** 1.5

## Install

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

## When to use it

Query and download public cancer imaging data from NCI Imaging Data Commons. Invoke for any question about IDC collections, cancer imaging datasets, DICOM data access, radiology (CT, MR, PET) or pathology AI training sets, metadata queries, visualization, or license checks — even when the user doesn't explicitly mention "IDC". No authentication required.

## Full playbook

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