Cortexa research tool·genomics·civic

Civic Search Genes

Search for genes in CIViC (Clinical Interpretation of Variants in Cancer) database. CIViC is a community knowledgebase for expert-curated interpretations of variants in cancer. Returns genes with their IDs, names, and descriptions. Use this to find genes of interest before querying variants or evidence.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 658msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 658ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "gene_name": {
      "description": "Gene symbol to search for. Alias for 'name'.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "limit": {
      "default": 10,
      "description": "Maximum number of genes to return (default: 10, recommended max: 100)",
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "name": {
      "description": "Gene symbol to search for (e.g., \"EGFR\", \"BRAF\", \"BRCA1\"). Alias: use 'query' or 'gene_name' instead.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "Gene symbol to search for (e.g., \"FLT3\", \"KRAS\", \"TP53\"). Alias for 'name'.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default Civic Search Genes call

public-safeinput

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

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_civic_search_genes
Tool name: civic_search_genes
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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