Cortexa research tool·chemistry·metacyc

MetaCyc Get Pathway

Get metabolic pathway details from MetaCyc by pathway ID. Returns pathway information, URL to pathway diagram, and associated reactions/compounds. Note: requires a free BioCyc account (https://biocyc.org/register.shtml); returns auth error without BIOCYC_API_KEY.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 108msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 108ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "operation": {
      "const": "get_pathway",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "pathway_id": {
      "description": "MetaCyc pathway ID (e.g., PWY-5177, GLYCOLYSIS)",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "pathway_id"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default MetaCyc Get Pathway call

public-safeinput

{
  "pathway_id": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_MetaCyc_get_pathway
Tool name: MetaCyc_get_pathway
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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