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SRA Search Experiments

Search the NCBI Sequence Read Archive (SRA) for sequencing experiments by keyword, organism, library strategy, or sequencing platform. SRA is the largest repository of raw sequencing data, containing data from Illumina, PacBio, Oxford Nanopore, and other platforms. Library strategies include: RNA-Seq, WGS (whole genome), WXS (whole exome), ChIP-Seq, ATAC-seq, Bisulfite-Seq, AMPLICON, scRNA-Seq, and more.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 119msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 119ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "library_strategy": {
      "description": "Sequencing strategy filter (e.g., 'RNA-Seq', 'WGS', 'WXS', 'ChIP-Seq', 'ATAC-seq', 'Bisulfite-Seq', 'AMPLICON')",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "limit": {
      "default": 10,
      "description": "Maximum results to return (1-50, default 10)",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "organism": {
      "description": "Organism name to filter by (e.g., 'Homo sapiens', 'Mus musculus', 'human gut metagenome')",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "platform": {
      "description": "Sequencing platform filter (e.g., 'ILLUMINA', 'PACBIO_SMRT', 'OXFORD_NANOPORE', 'ION_TORRENT')",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "Search keywords (e.g., 'human gut metagenome', 'BRCA1 RNA-Seq', 'single cell lung cancer')",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default SRA Search Experiments call

public-safeinput

{
  "limit": 3,
  "query": "BRCA1"
}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_SRA_search_experiments
Tool name: SRA_search_experiments
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

SRA Search Experiments

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 119msCortexa

Schema

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

{ "properties": { "library_strategy": { "description": "Sequencing strategy filter (e.g., 'RNA-Seq', 'WGS', 'WXS', 'ChIP-Seq', 'ATAC-seq', 'Bisulfite-Seq', 'AMPLICON')", "type": "string" }, "limit": { "default": 10, "description": "Maximum results to return (1-50, default 10)", "type": "integer" }, "organism": { "description": "Organism name to filter by (e.g., 'Homo sapiens', 'Mus musculus', 'human gut metagenome')", "type": "string" }, "platform": { "description": "Sequencing platform filter (e.g., 'ILLUMINA', 'PACBIO_SMRT', 'OXFORD_NANOPORE', 'ION_TORRENT')", "type": "string" }, "query": { "description": "Search keywords (e.g., 'human gut metagenome', 'BRCA1 RNA-Seq', 'single cell lung cancer')", "type": "string" } }, "required": [], "type": "object" }