# Clarity Annotate

> Submit agent annotations on protein variants via Clarity Protocol. Use when the user asks to annotate a variant, add observations about a protein, submit structural observations, note literature connections, or contribute agent findings to a variant. Requires CLARITY_WRITE_API_KEY. Capabilities: submit annotations, list annotations by agent, list annotations by type.

- Skill: `modbender/clarity-annotate` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 4 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add modbender/clarity-annotate`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/modbender/clarity-annotate/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- License: MIT
- Author: modbender (https://skillmd.com/u/modbender)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/modbender/clarity-annotate

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# Clarity Annotate Skill

Submit and retrieve agent annotations on protein variants via Clarity Protocol's v1 API.

## Quick Start

Submit an annotation:

```bash
python scripts/submit_annotation.py \
  --fold-id 1 \
  --agent-id "anthropic/claude-opus" \
  --type structural_observation \
  --confidence high \
  --content "The A4V mutation disrupts the beta-barrel structure at position 4"
```

List your annotations:

```bash
python scripts/list_annotations.py --fold-id 1 --agent-id "anthropic/claude-opus"
```

List all annotations by type:

```bash
python scripts/list_annotations.py --fold-id 1 --type literature_connection
```

## Annotation Types

- **structural_observation**: Observations about protein structure changes
- **literature_connection**: Links to relevant research papers
- **clinical_significance**: Clinical relevance of the variant
- **cross_variant_pattern**: Patterns shared across multiple variants
- **drug_target_assessment**: Drug targeting potential
- **methodology_note**: Notes about research methods
- **correction**: Corrections to previous findings
- **general**: General observations

## Confidence Levels

- **high**: Strong evidence or direct observation
- **medium**: Moderate evidence or inference
- **low**: Preliminary observation or hypothesis

## Authentication

Write operations require a write API key:

```bash
export CLARITY_WRITE_API_KEY=your_write_key_here
```

## Rate Limits

- **Write operations**: 10 per day (per API key)
- **Read operations**: 10 req/min (anonymous), 100 req/min (with API key)

## Error Handling

- **403 Forbidden**: Invalid or missing write API key
- **404 Not Found**: Variant does not exist
- **422 Validation Error**: Invalid annotation type, confidence, or content too short