biosamples-sample-search
SkillSearchUse this skill to search EBI BioSamples for public sample metadata by text query or lightweight filters and return compact summaries.
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What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by ma-compbio-lab/skillfoundry in skills/data-acquisition-and-dataset-handling/biosamples-sample-search/SKILL.md and read by Ahel’s review.
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
- BioSamples API overview: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biosamples/docs/references/api/overview
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 42
- Forks
- 5
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
Advanced
- Item type
- skill
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biosamples-sample-search- Source
- github.com/ma-compbio-lab/skillfoundry