Cortexa research tool·genomics·metacyc

MetaCyc Search Pathways

Search MetaCyc for metabolic pathways by name or keyword. Returns pathway IDs and basic information. MetaCyc contains 2,800+ experimentally elucidated metabolic pathways. Note: BioCyc/MetaCyc now requires a free account (https://biocyc.org/register.shtml). This tool will return an auth error until BIOCYC_API_KEY is configured.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 2779msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 2779ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "operation": {
      "const": "search_pathways",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "Search query - pathway name or keyword (e.g., 'glycolysis', 'TCA cycle')",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default MetaCyc Search Pathways call

public-safeinput

{
  "query": "BRCA1"
}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_MetaCyc_search_pathways
Tool name: MetaCyc_search_pathways
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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