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Nextstrain Get Dataset

Get metadata and phylogenetic summary for a Nextstrain pathogen dataset. Returns title, last update date, number of sequences, data provenance, maintainers, root node attributes, and available coloring options. Useful for understanding the scope and currency of pathogen genomic surveillance data. Example: 'zika' returns 1044 sequences tracking Zika virus evolution, last updated Dec 2025.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 102msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 102ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "dataset": {
      "description": "Nextstrain dataset path. Examples: 'zika', 'ebola', 'flu/seasonal/h3n2/ha/2y', 'dengue/denv1', 'mpox/clade-IIb'.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "dataset"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default Nextstrain Get Dataset call

public-safeinput

{
  "dataset": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_Nextstrain_get_dataset
Tool name: Nextstrain_get_dataset
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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