string_query_species
STRING: Query species and clades in STRING
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Search for species or clades available in STRING by free-text query
and return their NCBI taxonomy IDs.
- Use this when the user asks which species or clades are present in STRING,
or when you need the correct NCBI taxon ID to pass to other tools.
- use this to resolve NCBI taxons IDs to their scientific names.
- Accepts up to 100 taxon IDs separated by
%0d. - The results are limited to the top 50 matches per query.
- When the user asks for a species list, do not list clades.
- If the requested species cannot be matched (i.e. the correct species is not present
in the results), **immediately invoke the 'string_help' tool with topic='missing_species'**.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| species_text | string | yes | Required. One species/clade search term or multiple NCBI taxon IDs separated by carriage return (%0d). Examples: 'human', 'mouse', 'vertebrates', '511145', or '9598%0d10090'. For multiple queries, use taxon IDs rather than free-text names. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"properties": {
"species_text": {
"description": "Required. One species/clade search term or multiple NCBI taxon IDs separated by carriage return (%0d). Examples: 'human', 'mouse', 'vertebrates', '511145', or '9598%0d10090'. For multiple queries, use taxon IDs rather than free-text names.",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"species_text"
],
"type": "object"
}