Uv

This handles the boring but necessary job of making sure uv is installed and available on your PATH. It's a prerequisite skill that other Science Skills depend on to run their Python CLI scripts. The setup is straightforward: it checks if uv exists, installs it via curl or PowerShell if needed, then adds it to PATH so you can just type uv commands without thinking about it. Not exciting on its own, but essential infrastructure if you're using any Python-based skills that need a proper package manager underneath.

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$ npx -y skills add google-deepmind/science-skills --skill uv --agent claude-code

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uv (Python Package Manager)

uv is a fast Python package manager used by Science Skills to run their Python CLI scripts. Many skills depend on uv being installed and on PATH.

Ensure uv is available before running any skill that depends on it.

Setup

Check if uv is already available: uv --version (or & uv --version in PowerShell). If this succeeds, uv is ready — skip the remaining steps.
Check whether uv is installed at its default location but not on PATH:
- Unix/macOS: "$HOME/.local/bin/uv" --version
- Windows (PowerShell): & "$HOME\.local\bin\uv.exe" --version
If either succeeds, skip to step 4.
If uv is not installed do these steps in order:

(a) Tell the user that uv is a tool for creating a consistent and reliable Python environment used for running the Science Skills, and that you need to install it now.

(b) Install uv:
```
-   **Unix/macOS**: `curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh`
-   **Windows (PowerShell)**: `powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c
    "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"`
```

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Repository: github.com/google-deepmind/science-skills
Category: Python
First seen: Jul 14, 2026

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