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Cortexa research tool·structure·biotools_registry
BioTools Search By Type
Search the ELIXIR Bio.tools registry for bioinformatics resources by tool type. Returns resources of a specific category. Available types: 'Command-line tool', 'Web application', 'Web API', 'Web service', 'Database portal', 'Desktop application', 'Library', 'Plug-in', 'Suite', 'Script', 'Workflow', 'Workbench', 'Ontology', 'Bioinformatics portal'. Use this to find, for example, all database portals or all web APIs for a research domain.
AvailableCortexa
Schema
JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.
JSON · 34 lines · 903 chars
Examples (1)
Default BioTools Search By Type call
public-safeinput
JSON · 5 lines · 46 chars
Expected response keys: success
Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.
Identifiers
- Catalog ID
- tu_BioTools_search_by_type
- Tool name
- BioTools_search_by_type
- Added
- 2026-05-01 00:58Z
- Tags
- tooluniverse