anima

Ask Claude for a biology figure. Get an interactive, sourced, isometric one.

A Claude Code skill. Real structures, a mechanism you can toggle, and a citation for every number on screen.

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Free and open source (MIT). If it's useful, a star helps other people find it.

npx skills add Garinmckayl/anima -g -a claude-code

Live figures

D1 and D2 dopamine receptor signalling

Dopamine receptors

D1 raises cAMP, D2 lowers it. Full G-protein cycle, dopamine slider, generic D2 antagonist.

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Cocaine and amphetamine at the dopamine transporter

Stimulants at the transporter

Reuptake, cocaine blockade, amphetamine transport and reverse efflux.

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The mesolimbic reward pathway in a sagittal brain

Reward and addiction

The mesolimbic pathway and one leading model of what changes with repeated exposure.

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Semaglutide acting on a pancreatic beta cell

Semaglutide and GLP-1

Glucose-dependent insulin release, the engineered molecule, and what is still preclinical.

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Testosterone to estradiol by aromatase in a neuron

Estrogen and aggression

Aromatase, estradiol and receptor α in a neuron. The human evidence is weak, and the figure says so.

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A myelinated neuron with a travelling action potential

A myelinated neuron

Saltatory conduction and a hoverable synapse.

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The rules it works to

Try it in 30 seconds

Install the skill, then ask Claude for any biology figure.

npx skills add Garinmckayl/anima -g -a claude-code