pydicom
Use pydicom to read, inspect, write, transform, and safely preflight local DICOM datasets and pixel data. Applies to DICOM metadata, transfer syntaxes, compression plugins, frames, private elements, JSON, and bounded de-identification review.
Install / Use
npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --skill pydicomInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
Development & EngineeringSupported Platforms
Our assessment of pydicom
pydicom scores 89/100 on our quality scale, 248th of 1,629 Development & Engineering skills we index (top 16%).
We have not analysed the SKILL.md file itself yet, so the content part of this score is an estimate until our crawler reaches it.
With 46,441 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated 3 days ago, so pydicom is actively maintained.
- It is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
- Its trust signals score 100/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
pydicom compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than pydicom; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pydicom (this skill)by K-Dense-AI | 89 | 46.4k | 3d ago | SKILL.md |
| Agent-Reachby Panniantong | 100 | 85.3k | 9d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| headroomby headroomlabs-ai | 100 | 73.7k | today | CLAUDE.md |
| ai-job-searchby MadsLorentzen | 100 | 43.9k | 3d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| claude-howtoby luongnv89 | 100 | 41.7k | 5d ago | CLAUDE.md |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install pydicom?
- Run
npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --skill pydicom. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does pydicom work with?
- It is written for Zed, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is pydicom safe to use?
- It is MIT-licensed and scores 100/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is pydicom still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 3 days ago, so pydicom is actively maintained.
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.