Research & Grey LiteratureDatasetNewAdded 2026-11-13

MyGene.info API (BioThings)

Genes across many species: aggregated annotation, via a keyless query API

Freeauth: noneCustom✓ verified Nov 13, 2026

Free?: FreeFree keyless query API.
Sign-up?: None neededCall it straight away
Commercial use?: Read the termsProvider's own terms, not a standard licence

The fine print

License note: Custom: TSRI authorizes access and use under its Terms of Use; no named licence. Annotation comes from third-party sources that keep their own terms. Signal Lab links only.
Required attribution: Cite MyGene.info as the source.

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// Overview

MyGene.info API (BioThings)

MyGene.info, from The Scripps Research Institute's BioThings project, is a keyless gene-annotation API: gene search and per-gene annotation aggregated from NCBI, Ensembl, UniProt and other sources, as JSON.

Coverage

Genes across many species: aggregated annotation, via a keyless query API.

Good for

#research-grey-literature#genomics#genes#annotation#api

Verdict

A one-stop gene annotation lookup, alongside ncbi-datasets-api. Licence: Custom: the Terms of Use say "TSRI authorizes you to access and use MyGene.info and the data and information contained on this MyGene.info website and database under the conditions set forth below." Upstream sources keep their own terms. Rate limits: Not stated. Signal Lab links only.

// Limits

Free limits & license

Price	Free
Auth	none
Free tier	Free keyless query API.
Rate limit	Not stated.
License	Custom (see note)
License note	Custom: TSRI authorizes access and use under its Terms of Use; no named licence. Annotation comes from third-party sources that keep their own terms. Signal Lab links only.
Last verified	Nov 13, 2026

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// Full record · catalog.json

name: MyGene.info API (BioThings)
slug: mygene-info-api
category: Research & Grey Literature
domain: Research & Grey Literature
type: Dataset
sitePageUrl: https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/datasets/mygene-info-api
providerUrl: https://docs.mygene.info/en/latest/
badge: Free
auth: none
freeTierLimits: Free keyless query API.
rateLimits: Not stated.
docsUrl: https://docs.mygene.info/en/latest/
coverage: Genes across many species: aggregated annotation, via a keyless query API.
lastVerified: 2026-11-13
evidenceUrls: https://docs.mygene.info/en/latest/
https://mygene.info/v3/query?q=cdk2&size=1
https://docs.mygene.info/en/latest/terms.html
tasks: research-grey-literature
genomics
genes
annotation
api
license: Custom
licenseUrl: https://docs.mygene.info/en/latest/terms.html
licenseNote: Custom: TSRI authorizes access and use under its Terms of Use; no named licence. Annotation comes from third-party sources that keep their own terms. Signal Lab links only.
attribution: Cite MyGene.info as the source.

// The same record over MCP

Request · get_entry

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "mygene-info-api"
    }
  }
}

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// The same record over MCP

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