external-term-lookup
SkillSearchUse this to search for relevant terms in external ontologies. NEVER guess ontology terms or term IDs, always confirm using this skill. The general methodology is to use `obo-grep.pl`
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.
Then ask your AI: use the external-term-lookup skill
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by geneontology/go-ontology in .claude/skills/external-term-lookup/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Finding terms currently in the import closure:
- Search chebi:
obo-grep.pl --noheader -r cysteine src/ontology/imports/chebi_import.obo
Advanced queries over GO
You can use OAK commands with local obo files:
runoak -i simpleobo:src/ontology/go-edit.obo tree -p i GO:0160022
Finding terms in external ontologies not in the import closure
Use runoak on the command line using the OLS adapter plus the ontology
runoak -i ols:chebi search cysteine
Signals
- GitHub stars
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- Forks
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- Last commit
- Sep 2026
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external-term-lookup- Source
- github.com/geneontology/go-ontology