Search NCBI Gene by Keyword (TogoWS)

togows/gene-search

Searches NCBI Gene by keyword through DBCLS TogoWS and returns the matching Entrez gene ids, ranked by NCBI relevance, in pages. Use the ids with the gene field tool. Searches over all species, so add the organism or a distinctive phrase. A search with no hits is an error, not an empty list.

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Price

$0.0026 per call

You pay the price shown. If a call turns out to cost more than its quote, you pay the actual price, capped at twice the quote. No monthly minimum. Top-ups start at $0.50.

Data source

DBCLS TogoWS

Records from NCBI Gene and NCBI RefSeq, served through TogoWS (togows.dbcls.jp) of the Database Center for Life Science (DBCLS). Served by Eden Engine; not an official DBCLS or NCBI product.

Use it

Five steps: search, inspect, learn, run, settle. No per-tool setup; your agent reaches this tool through the meta-tools it already has.

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agent

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

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "togows/gene-search" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "togows/gene-search" })

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

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

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Pricing

Every charge this tool can incur.

Charge	Price
Per call	$0.0026

Updated: Oct 21, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query",
    "limit"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "first": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 1,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Position of the first hit to return, starting at 1."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many ids to return, 1 to 50. Required."
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9 ._-]{2,100}$",
      "description": "Words to search for, for example tumor suppressor p53. Letters, digits, spaces, hyphens, dots and underscores."
    }
  },
  "description": "What to search for.",
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "results"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "An Entrez gene id, as a string."
      },
      "description": "One gene id per hit."
    }
  },
  "description": "The matching gene ids, most relevant first.",
  "additionalProperties": false
}