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xby-anndata

Web Tools Updated 2026.09.02

Run the following command in DeepSeek Harness:

dsh plugin install xby-skill/xby-anndata

Paste the following prompt into your AI chat to install this plugin:

In DeepSeek Harness, run dsh plugin install xby-skill/xby-anndata to install the plugin; the project repo is at https://github.com/xby-skill/xby-anndata .

About this plugin

Biomedical and single-cell researchers spend a lot of time inspecting AnnData objects: checking dimensions, browsing column distributions, verifying metadata. xby-anndata folds these routine lookups into a chat interface via the MCP protocol, so you can explore dataset structure without leaving the conversation.

The plugin covers four core operations: viewing the raw data of an AnnData object, pulling a summary from a local file or remote URL, computing descriptive statistics (count, mean, std, min, max, value counts) on any attribute or attribute value with optional filtering, and setting an API key in-chat that persists across restarts.

It is aimed at researchers and data engineers working with AnnData-formatted single-cell transcriptomics, spatial omics, or multi-omics integration pipelines. If you want to offload repetitive structural checks to a conversational assistant and keep your focus on downstream modelling and visualisation, this plugin cuts down context-switching overhead considerably.

Use Cases

  • Inspect AnnData object structure and dimensions in chat
  • Run descriptive statistics on gene or cell-type attributes
  • Fetch a summary from a local file or remote URL
  • Filter by sample then compute per-attribute distributions

Best For

  • Researchers in single-cell transcriptomics or spatial omics
  • Data engineers working with AnnData multi-omics datasets
  • Bioinformatics teams that prefer conversational data exploration