metabolights-study-search
SkillSearchUse this skill to search MetaboLights studies and resolve a compact summary for each matched accession through the official JSON API.
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Then ask your AI: use the metabolights-study-search skill
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by ma-compbio-lab/skillfoundry in skills/metabolomics-and-other-omics/metabolights-study-search/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Purpose
Search public metabolomics studies through the official MetaboLights API and summarize matched study metadata.
When to use
- You need a lightweight metabolomics dataset-discovery starter.
- You want study accessions, titles, factors, and release metadata without manually browsing the portal.
When not to use
- You need full ISA parsing for every assay, source, and sample table.
- You need raw metabolomics files or downstream analysis workflows.
Inputs
- A free-text study query such as
diabetes. - Small page and row limits.
Outputs
- A JSON summary with study accessions and compact metadata.
Requirements
- Network access to
ebi.ac.uk - Python standard library only
Provenance
- MetaboLights API Swagger UI: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/metabolights/ws/api/spec.html
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 39
- Forks
- 5
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
Advanced
- Catalog kind
- skill
- Gateway key
metabolights-study-search- Source
- github.com/ma-compbio-lab/skillfoundry