opentargets read
scidex.forge.opentargets
Look up disease associations for a gene from Open Targets Platform v4. Returns ranked disease associations with composite scores, evidence counts, and therapeutic areas. Critical for AD/neurodegeneration target grounding.
Invoke
Calls scidex.tool.invoke on the substrate with
this tool name. Edit the JSON below — it must match the
input schema. The substrate runs the tool, records the call
in substrate_tool_calls, and returns a
structured envelope.
Sign in to invoke this tool. Schema and curl snippet are visible to anyone.
Schemas
Input schema
{
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": "Input schema for ``scidex.forge.opentargets``.",
"properties": {
"gene_symbol": {
"anyOf": [
{
"maxLength": 30,
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Gene symbol (``BDNF``, ``APP``, ``MAPT``). Resolved to a canonical Ensembl gene id via the Open Targets ``search`` query before the associations call. Mutually exclusive with ``ensembl_gene_id``.",
"title": "Gene Symbol"
},
"ensembl_gene_id": {
"anyOf": [
{
"maxLength": 30,
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Ensembl human gene id (``ENSG00000142192`` = APP). When supplied, the search round-trip is skipped — saves one HTTP call. Mutually exclusive with ``gene_symbol``.",
"title": "Ensembl Gene Id"
},
"limit": {
"default": 20,
"description": "Maximum number of disease association rows to return, ordered by overall score descending. Default 20.",
"maximum": 100,
"minimum": 1,
"title": "Limit",
"type": "integer"
}
},
"title": "OpenTargetsInput",
"type": "object"
}Output schema
{
"$defs": {
"DiseaseAssociation": {
"description": "One disease association in the response.",
"properties": {
"disease_id": {
"description": "EFO id (e.g. ``EFO_0000249`` for Alzheimer's disease).",
"title": "Disease Id",
"type": "string"
},
"disease_name": {
"default": "",
"description": "Free-text disease name.",
"title": "Disease Name",
"type": "string"
},
"association_score": {
"default": 0,
"description": "Open Targets overall association score in ``[0.0, 1.0]``. Composites genetic, somatic, drug, RNA, animal-model, and text-mining evidence into one comparable score.",
"title": "Association Score",
"type": "number"
},
"evidence_count": {
"default": 0,
"description": "Number of distinct evidence datatypes (genetic_association, somatic_mutation, known_drug, affected_pathway, rna_expression, literature, animal_model) contributing a positive score. 0..7 in practice; higher = more diverse evidence backing.",
"title": "Evidence Count",
"type": "integer"
},
"therapeutic_areas": {
"description": "Therapeutic-area rollups for the disease (e.g. ``nervous system disease`` for AD, ``cancer`` for oncology indications). Deduped, order preserved from upstream.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"title": "Therapeutic Areas",
"type": "array"
}
},
"required": [
"disease_id"
],
"title": "DiseaseAssociation",
"type": "object"
}
},
"description": "Response shape for ``scidex.forge.opentargets``.",
"properties": {
"gene_symbol": {
"default": "",
"description": "Approved gene symbol echoed from Open Targets. May differ in case from the caller's input (Open Targets normalises to its approved symbol).",
"title": "Gene Symbol",
"type": "string"
},
"ensembl_gene_id": {
"description": "Canonical Ensembl gene id used.",
"title": "Ensembl Gene Id",
"type": "string"
},
"associations": {
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/DiseaseAssociation"
},
"title": "Associations",
"type": "array"
},
"returned": {
"description": "Length of ``associations``.",
"title": "Returned",
"type": "integer"
},
"took_ms": {
"description": "Wall-clock time for the upstream calls.",
"title": "Took Ms",
"type": "integer"
}
},
"required": [
"ensembl_gene_id",
"returned",
"took_ms"
],
"title": "OpenTargetsResponse",
"type": "object"
}curl snippet
Replace $SCIDEX_JWT with a valid bearer token. Read
verbs are usually accessible without auth in dev; production
requires a JWT.
curl -sS -X POST '/api/scidex/forge/opentargets' \
-H 'authorization: Bearer $SCIDEX_JWT' \
-H 'content-type: application/json' \
-d '{}'Discussion
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