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Biosamples sample search

Skill ma-compbio-lab/SkillFoundry/skills/data-acquisition-and-dataset-handling/biosamples-sample-search

Use this skill to search EBI BioSamples for public sample metadata by text query or lightweight filters and return compact summaries.From its SKILL.md

Install
npx -y skills add ma-compbio-lab/SkillFoundry --skill biosamples-sample-search

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SKILL.md

0.9 KB, 163 tokens by cl100k_base, as published. Nobody here has run it

Purpose

Search public sample metadata through the official EBI BioSamples API.

When to use

  • You need a quick metadata-discovery skill for public biospecimens.
  • You want sample accessions, organism hints, and a few normalized characteristics.

When not to use

  • You need full sample graph traversal or submission workflows.
  • You need to download raw experimental data instead of metadata.

Inputs

  • A free-text search string.
  • Optional page and page-size controls.

Outputs

  • A JSON summary with BioSamples accessions and normalized characteristics.

Requirements

  • Network access to ebi.ac.uk
  • Python standard library only

Provenance

What ships with it: 7 files

9.9 KB alongside SKILL.md, 2 of them executable

assets/

examples/

scripts/

tests/

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