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Cortexa research tool·biomedical·cellxgene_census
CELLxGENE Get Presence Matrix
Get feature presence matrix showing which genes are measured in which datasets. Returns sparse matrix dimensions and density. Useful for understanding data completeness and selecting datasets with genes of interest. Use for: checking gene coverage, dataset selection, quality assessment.
Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 94msCortexa
Status
The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.
- Last probed
- 1d ago
- Last success
- 1d ago
- Last latency
- 94ms
Schema
JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.
{
"properties": {
"census_version": {
"default": "stable",
"description": "Census version to query. 'stable' (recommended, Long-Term Support release), 'latest' (newest data, may change), or specific date 'YYYY-MM-DD' (for reproducibility). Default 'stable' is best for production analyses.",
"type": "string"
},
"operation": {
"default": "get_presence_matrix",
"description": "Operation type",
"enum": [
"get_presence_matrix"
],
"type": "string"
},
"organism": {
"default": "Homo sapiens",
"description": "Organism name",
"enum": [
"Homo sapiens",
"Mus musculus"
],
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"operation"
],
"type": "object"
}Examples (1)
Default CELLxGENE Get Presence Matrix call
public-safeinput
{
"operation": ""
}Expected response keys: success
Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.
Identifiers
- Catalog ID
- tu_CELLxGENE_get_presence_matrix
- Tool name
- CELLxGENE_get_presence_matrix
- Added
- 2026-05-01 00:58Z
- Tags
- tooluniverse