Query CZ CELLxGENE census for cell data
cellxgene-censusskillsetup L2★27,559
K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills ↗What it does
Query and analyze single-cell expression data
Best for
When querying organism-wide single-cell expression data across tissues without downloading multi-terabyte datasets.
Inputs
- · Gene names/identifiers
- · Cell type filters
- · Dataset selection
Outputs
- · Expression matrices
- · Cell metadata
- · Tissue-specific profiles
Requires
- · CellxGene Census API
Preconditions
- · CellxGene Census installation
- · Internet access to CellxGene API
- · pandas, numpy for data handling
Failure modes
- · API rate limits on large dataset queries
- · Missing gene symbols in older census versions
- · Tissue metadata schema changes break parsing
Trust signals
- · Official CellxGene Census API access