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Queries 20+ bioinformatics resources through CLI/Python. Supports quick lookups of gene info, BLAST/BLAT, viral sequence downloads, PDB/mmCIF structures, G2P residue annotations, enrichment analysis,
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Queries 20+ bioinformatics resources through CLI/Python. Supports quick lookups of gene info, BLAST/BLAT, viral sequence downloads, PDB/mmCIF structures, G2P residue annotations, enrichment analysis, OpenTargets, COSMIC, CELLxGENE, and 8cube mouse specificity/expression data. Best for interactive exploration and simple queries. For batch processing or advanced BLAST use biopython; for multi-database Python workflows use bioservices.
Queries 20+ bioinformatics resources through CLI/Python. Supports quick lookups of gene info, BLAST/BLAT, viral sequence downloads, PDB/mmCIF structures, G2P residue annotations, enrichment analysis, OpenTargets, COSMIC, CELLxGENE, and 8cube mouse specificity/expression data. Best for interactive exploration and simple queries. For batch processing or advanced BLAST use biopython; for multi-database Python workflows use bioservices.
gget is a command-line bioinformatics tool and Python package providing unified access to 20+ genomic databases and analysis methods. Query gene information, sequence analysis, protein structures, viral sequences, expression data, disease associations, and mouse tissue/cell specificity metrics through a consistent interface. Most gget modules work both as command-line tools and as Python functions.
Important: The databases queried by gget are continuously updated, which sometimes changes their structure. Guidance here targets gget 0.30.8 (reviewed 2026-09-30). For reproducible work, pin gget==0.30.8; for broken upstream database adapters, update gget after checking release notes.
Install gget in a clean virtual environment to avoid conflicts:
# Reproducible install targeting this skill
uv venv --python 3.13 .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install "gget==0.30.8"
import gget
Inspect module-specific syntax before querying:
gget info --help
gget pdb --help
Most modules return:
-csv flagCommon flags across modules:
-o/--out: Save results to file-q/--quiet: Suppress progress information-csv: Return CSV format (command-line only)Python argument names generally match long CLI options without leading dashes. For example, --census_version becomes census_version=.... Use gget <module> --help for CLI syntax and inspect.signature(gget.<module>) for Python; CLI flags such as --download may have no Python equivalent.
gget exposes 24 modules in six categories. Parameters, CLI and Python examples, and return shapes for every one are in references/module_catalog.md; fuller per-parameter documentation is in references/module_reference.md.
| Category | Modules |
|---|---|
| 1. Reference & gene information | ref (Ensembl reference downloads), search (gene search), info (gene/transcript detail), seq (nucleotide and protein sequences) |
| 2. Sequence analysis & alignment | blast, blat, muscle (multiple alignment), diamond (local alignment) |
| 3. Structural & protein analysis | pdb (PDB/mmCIF structures and metadata), g2p (residue annotations and isoform maps), elm (linear motifs), alphafold (deprecated prediction wrapper) |
| 4. Expression & disease data | archs4 (correlation, tissue expression), cellxgene (single-cell), enrichr (enrichment), bgee (orthology and expression), opentargets (disease and drug), cbio (cancer genomics), cosmic (mutations) |
| 5. Viral & mouse specificity | virus (viral sequences), 8cube (mouse specificity and expression) |
| 6. Additional tools | mutate (mutated sequences), gpt (deprecated text generation), setup (install module dependencies) |
Several modules need a one-time gget setup before first use (elm, cellxgene, cbio; legacy alphafold/gpt), and cosmic prompts for COSMIC credentials to download its database.
Worked multi-module pipelines — gene characterization, structural comparison, expression and enrichment analysis, disease and drug association, orthology comparison, and reference-file preparation for kallisto or alignment — are in references/common_workflows.md, with longer versions in references/workflows.md.
--limit where supported; it is often a local cap, not a complete pagination mechanism-o/--out for reproducibility--quiet in production scripts to reduce outputgget diamond with --threads for faster local alignment--diamond_db; gget still requires the reference input-s5/--super5 for large datasetsgget setup <module>background_list when appropriate; custom backgrounds are not
supported for the other species. Report mapped/unmapped query and background
counts and adjusted p-values, so identifier loss and selection bias are visible.-dd to avoid repeated downloadslimit; expression fetches only the first page (at most 3000 rows). Other paginated resources use the server default page. Do not treat results as exhaustive.gget.info returns IDs in its index; preserve that index when saving CSV. ARCHS4 tissue labels use id, correlations use pearson_correlation; Enrichr uses path_name and adj_p_val.gget.search matches descriptions and synonyms; select an exact gene_name and reject ambiguity instead of taking the first result.meta_only=True returns cells, not datasets, and ignores the gene filter. Scope by dataset/cell metadata and pin a dated Census release.gget.pdb(..., resource="mmcif") for explicit structure format; the PDB default can fall back to mmCIF.gget.g2p for existing residue annotations and isoform/structure maps; specify accessions for exact isoform identity.alphafold and gpt are deprecated and no longer maintained upstream. Existing examples are legacy/illustrative, not tested prediction or generation workflows.gget virus before requesting broad viral datasetscommand_summary.txt with downstream results for reproducibility and recovery after partial downloads--baseline and --merge-results to resume interrupted viral metadata/sequence downloadsuv pip install "gget==0.30.8"-csv flagjson=True only on modules that support it (not g2p)save/out parameter; ref(download=True) and muscle(save=True) are invalid Python callsscripts/gene_analysis.py TP53: exact-symbol lookup, annotation/sequence export, optional human association queries; mouse tissue expression is routed correctly.scripts/enrichment_pipeline.py genes.txt --background tested_genes.txt: saves full dated library names and adjusted p-values. Use repeated --database for species-specific libraries. Failed queries are not negative evidence.scripts/batch_sequence_analysis.py proteins.fasta: small exploratory BLAST batches and local alignment; use local tools for large batches. The legacy --predict-structure flag only displays a placeholder.The 0.30.8 adapters were source-checked, and tests use current response fields. Public reads verified ARCHS4, Open Targets, RCSB, Bgee, G2P, 8cube, Ensembl references/search. Ensembl info/seq failed on the released HTTP REST endpoint in this review; do not interpret that as a missing gene. Authenticated COSMIC, deprecated wrappers, and large downloads were not executed. Extended examples are explicitly illustrative. See database contracts for transport and completeness limitations.
This skill includes reference documentation for detailed module information:
module_reference.md - Selected parameters and Python/CLI differencesdatabase_info.md - Service contracts, pagination, and verification boundariesworkflows.md - Extended workflow examples and use casesFor additional help:
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Kassis, T., Agarwal, V., He, Y., Patel, D., & Brueckner, A. M. (2026). Scientific Agent Skills: A Library of Procedural Knowledge for Research Agents. arXiv:2609.00065. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2609.00065
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