CELLxGENE Get Cell Metadata
Query cell metadata from CELLxGENE Census (50M+ human/mouse single cells). CRITICAL: obs_value_filter is REQUIRED - unfiltered queries will timeout. Common filters: tissue_general (brain, heart, lung, liver, blood, kidney, skin, eye, intestine), cell_type (T cell, B cell, neuron, macrophage, fibroblast), disease (normal, COVID-19, Alzheimer disease, cancer). Start with: obs_value_filter='tissue_general == "lung" and disease == "normal"'. Returns cell type, tissue, disease, donor info. Use for:…
Overview
Query cell metadata from CELLxGENE Census (50M+ human/mouse single cells). CRITICAL: obs_value_filter is REQUIRED - unfiltered queries will timeout. Common filters: tissue_general (brain, heart, lung, liver, blood, kidney, skin, eye, intestine), cell_type (T cell, B cell, neuron, macrophage, fibroblast), disease (normal, COVID-19, Alzheimer disease, cancer). Start with: obs_value_filter='tissue_general == "lung" and disease == "normal"'. Returns cell type, tissue, disease, donor info. Use for: finding cells by criteria, cohort selection, exploring cell populations.
Schema
JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.
Examples (1)
Default CELLxGENE Get Cell Metadata call
Identifiers
- Catalog ID
- tu_CELLxGENE_get_cell_metadata
- Tool name
- CELLxGENE_get_cell_metadata
- Added
- 2026-04-30 22:47Z
- Tags
- tooluniverse, slow