CELLxGENE CellGuide (Claude Science Connector)
Provides cell-type reference information — canonical markers, ontology, and descriptions — from CZ CELLxGENE CellGuide, offered inside Claude Science.
| Type | Claude.ai Connector |
| Supplier | Anthropic |
| Availability | GA — Anthropic-hosted connector |
| Pricing | Free — open; access via Claude Science |
| Capabilities | Read-only |
| Verified | works · 2026-07-20 |
| Security | cleared · 2026-07-20 — Anthropic-hosted Claude Science featured connector (CellGuide) confirmed in Anthropic doc; read-only public CZ CELLxGENE CellGuide data, no credentials |
How to install
- Claude Science — enable the CellGuide featured connector. These featured connectors are Anthropic-hosted and have no separately addressable per-connector MCP URL.
- Related — CELLxGENE Census expression data is in the catalog as CELLxGENE Census; the
gget/gget-mcptools also wrap Census. - Public API — the same data is reachable directly at cellxgene.cziscience.com/cellguide; wrap it as a custom MCP server if you need programmatic access outside Claude Science.
What it does
Look up cell-type reference cards — canonical marker genes, Cell Ontology mapping, computed marker sets, and curated descriptions — from CZ CELLxGENE CellGuide.
Primary use cases: Cell-type annotation reference, marker-gene lookup, cell ontology mapping
Notes
Claude Science: Offered inside Anthropic’s Claude Science via the CellGuide featured connector. Its inclusion there is an independent signal of quality and trustworthiness for life-science research.
Data provider: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CELLxGENE). For single-cell expression matrices see CELLxGENE Census.
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