Run fast one-liner queries to 20+ bioinformatics databases from the gget CLI or Python — gene info (Ensembl), BLAST, AlphaFold structures, Enrichr enrichment, and more. Use for quick interactive lookups of genes, sequences, structures, or pathways — for batch processing or advanced BLAST use biopython, for multi-database Python workflows use bioservices. Part of the AlterLab Academic Skills suite.
How to install alterlab-gget?
alterlab-ieu/alterlab-academic-skills/alterlab-gget
$npx -y skills add alterlab-ieu/alterlab-academic-skills --skill alterlab-ggetInstalls into the current project.
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Run `npx skills use "https://github.com/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-academic-skills" --skill "alterlab-ieu/alterlab-academic-skills/alterlab-gget"` and follow the generated skill instructions now. Read its complete output, redirecting it to a temporary file first if necessary. Resolve relative paths from the supporting-files directory it provides.
Use the skills in "https://github.com/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-academic-skills" that are relevant to the current task. Run `npx skills add "https://github.com/alterlab-ieu/alterlab-academic-skills"` and select the relevant skills, then follow their instructions.
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