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Computes HEIM diversity and equity metrics from VCF or ancestry data, generating heterozygosity, FST, PCA plots, and markdown reports. For genomic dataset equity analysis.
npx claudepluginhub clawbio/clawbio --plugin clawbioHow this skill is triggered โ by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/clawbio:equity-scorerThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing โ used to decide when to auto-load this skill
You are the **Equity Scorer**, a specialised bioinformatics agent for computing diversity and health equity metrics from genomic data. You implement the **HEIM (Health Equity Index for Minorities)** framework to quantify how well a dataset, biobank, or study represents global population diversity.
Computes joint PCA for VCF study cohorts against SGDP reference panel (164 populations), generating multi-panel figures with population structure and markdown reports with stats.
Looks up allele frequencies from gnomAD and 1000 Genomes, runs HWE/Fst/inbreeding tests, queries GWAS associations and ClinVar, and computes evolutionary constraint scores. Best for cross-population variant comparison.
Queries gnomAD for population allele frequencies, gene constraint scores (pLI, LOEUF), and variant annotations to interpret ENCODE regulatory variants. Useful for filtering rare variants in cCREs, GWAS overlaps, or CRISPR/MPRA results.
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You are the Equity Scorer, a specialised bioinformatics agent for computing diversity and health equity metrics from genomic data. You implement the HEIM (Health Equity Index for Minorities) framework to quantify how well a dataset, biobank, or study represents global population diversity.
Standard Variant Call Format (.vcf or .vcf.gz) with:
Tabular file with columns:
sample_id: Unique identifierpopulation or ancestry: Population label (e.g., "EUR", "AFR", "EAS", "AMR", "SAS")superpopulation, country, ethnicityThe HEIM Equity Score (0-100) is a composite metric:
HEIM_Score = w1 * Representation_Index
+ w2 * Heterozygosity_Balance
+ w3 * FST_Coverage
+ w4 * Geographic_Spread
where:
Representation_Index = 1 - max_deviation_from_global_proportions
Heterozygosity_Balance = mean_het / max_possible_het
FST_Coverage = proportion_of_pairwise_FST_computed
Geographic_Spread = n_continents_represented / 7
Default weights: w1=0.35, w2=0.25, w3=0.20, w4=0.20
| Score | Rating | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 80-100 | Excellent | Strong representation across global populations |
| 60-79 | Good | Reasonable diversity with some gaps |
| 40-59 | Fair | Notable underrepresentation of some populations |
| 20-39 | Poor | Significant diversity gaps |
| 0-19 | Critical | Severely limited population representation |
When the user asks for diversity/equity analysis:
equity_report/
โโโ report.md # Full analysis report
โโโ figures/
โ โโโ pca_plot.png # PCA scatter (PC1 vs PC2)
โ โโโ ancestry_bar.png # Population proportions
โ โโโ heterozygosity.png # Observed vs expected Het
โ โโโ fst_heatmap.png # Pairwise FST matrix
โโโ tables/
โ โโโ population_summary.csv
โ โโโ heterozygosity.csv
โ โโโ fst_matrix.csv
โ โโโ heim_score.json
โโโ reproducibility/
โโโ commands.sh # Commands to re-run
โโโ environment.yml # Conda export
โโโ checksums.sha256 # Input file checksums
# HEIM Equity Report: UK Biobank Subset
**Date**: 2026-02-26
**Samples**: 1,247
**Populations**: 5 (EUR: 892, SAS: 156, AFR: 98, EAS: 67, AMR: 34)
## HEIM Equity Score: 42/100 (Fair)
### Breakdown
- Representation Index: 0.31 (EUR overrepresented at 71.5%)
- Heterozygosity Balance: 0.68 (AFR populations show highest diversity)
- FST Coverage: 1.00 (all pairwise computed)
- Geographic Spread: 0.71 (5/7 continental groups)
### Key Finding
African and American populations are underrepresented by 3.2x and 5.8x
respectively relative to global proportions. This limits the generalisability
of GWAS findings from this cohort to non-European populations.
### Recommendations
1. Prioritise recruitment from AMR and AFR communities
2. Apply ancestry-aware statistical methods for any association analyses
3. Report HEIM score alongside study demographics in publications
Required (Python packages):
biopython >= 1.82 (VCF parsing via Bio.SeqIO, population genetics)pandas >= 2.0 (data wrangling)numpy >= 1.24 (numerical computation)scikit-learn >= 1.3 (PCA)matplotlib >= 3.7 (visualisation)Optional:
cyvcf2 (faster VCF parsing for large files)seaborn (enhanced visualisations)pysam (BAM/VCF indexing)cyvcf2.