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The COSMIC Database skill provides programmatic access to the world's most comprehensive source of somatic mutation data in human cancer. It simplifies the retrieval of curated datasets including the Cancer Gene Census, mutational signatures, and drug resistance data, offering integrated Python scripts for automated downloads and analysis. This skill is designed for bioinformaticians and researchers who need to integrate high-quality cancer genomics data into their pipelines, facilitating tasks like variant annotation, gene role identification, and mutational signature profiling across multiple genome assemblies.