Cancer Genomics Projects: TCGA, TARGET and More (NCI Genomic Data Commons)

ncigdc/projects

Projects of the National Cancer Institute's Genomic Data Commons (GDC), such as TCGA, TARGET and CPTAC, one page at a time. Each project carries its project_id (for example TCGA-LUAD), name, primary sites, disease types, dbGaP accession number where it has one, and its release state. The response also reports the total number of projects and the page count. Project metadata only: files and cases, and controlled-access data in particular, are not served. Passed through unmodified and served by Eden Engine; not an official NCI product.

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Data source

NCI Genomic Data Commons

Source: NCI Genomic Data Commons (GDC), National Cancer Institute (gdc.cancer.gov). Passed through unmodified. Served by Eden Engine; not an official NCI product.

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// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "ncigdc/projects" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "ncigdc/projects" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "ncigdc/projects", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "ncigdc/projects", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

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Charge	Price
Per call	$0.0026

Updated: Oct 20, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "size"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "from": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Zero-based offset of the first project to return, for paging: size 10 with from 20 returns projects 21 to 30. Leave out to start at the beginning."
    },
    "size": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 100,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many projects to return, 1 to 100. The GDC held 93 projects on 2026-10-20, so 100 returns the whole list."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "hits",
    "pagination"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "hits": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Same as project_id."
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Full project name."
          },
          "state": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Record state as the GDC reports it, e.g. open."
          },
          "released": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "project_id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The GDC project identifier, for example TCGA-LUAD."
          },
          "releasable": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "False when the project is not releasable."
          },
          "disease_type": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "description": "Disease types covered; can be ['Not Reported']."
          },
          "primary_site": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "description": "Primary anatomical sites covered; can be ['Not Reported']."
          },
          "dbgap_accession_number": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "dbGaP study accession such as phs002153; null or absent when none."
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "The projects on this page."
    },
    "pagination": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "from": {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "page": {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "size": {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "sort": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "count": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Projects on this page."
        },
        "pages": {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "total": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Projects in the GDC."
        }
      },
      "description": "Paging details as the GDC reports them.",
      "additionalProperties": true
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}