NCI Imaging Data Commons (IDC)

What it does

This skill provides a comprehensive interface to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Imaging Data Commons. It allows agents to search for cancer imaging datasets, query metadata using SQL, download DICOM files, and visualize medical images directly in a browser.

When to use it

Invoke this skill for any request involving public cancer imaging data, radiology (CT, MR, PET) or pathology AI training sets, metadata queries, license verification, or DICOM data access.

What's included

• Core Tooling: Integration with the idc-index Python package for local DuckDB queries and GCS/S3 downloads.
• Data Model: Detailed knowledge of the IDC hierarchy (Collection → Patient → Study → Series → Instance).
• Guides: Access to specialized reference guides for clinical data, cloud storage, DICOMweb, and BigQuery integration.
• Visualization: Built-in support for generating OHIF and SLIM viewer URLs.

Compatible agents

Any agent capable of executing Python code and making HTTP requests to public cloud storage.