majiayu000 Elnora Agent Capabilities
The Elnora Agent is a sandboxed Python environment with ~78 core tools + 2,100 ToolUniverse scientific tools. Interact via elnora_create_task / elnora_send_message — describe what you need in plain language, don't reference internal tool names.
MCP Tools for Agent Interaction
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
elnora_create_task |
Create a task with optional initial_message to start generation |
elnora_send_message |
Send follow-up message. 30-120s for complex requests. |
elnora_get_task_messages |
Read agent responses |
elnora_generate_protocol |
Convenience: create task + send message in one call |
What the Agent Can Do
| Capability | Examples |
|---|---|
| Web search (34 tools) | Real-time search, neural/semantic search, deep research, URL extraction, site crawling. Providers: Tavily, Exa, Valyu, Perplexity |
| Academic databases (12 tools) | PubMed, ArXiv, Semantic Scholar, bioRxiv, Europe PMC, OpenAlex, UniProt, ClinicalTrials.gov, ChEMBL, Wolfram Alpha |
| 2,100+ scientific tools (ToolUniverse) | Protein structure (AlphaFold, PDB), genomics (Ensembl, ClinVar), chemistry (PubChem, DrugBank), pathways (KEGG, Reactome), drug safety (OpenFDA), and 21 more categories |
| 35 domain skills | Literature review, experimental design, drug discovery workflow, protein engineering, single-cell RNA QC, statistical analysis, scientific writing |
| File operations (11 tools) | Create/read/search files, full-text grep, upload attachments, link files to tasks |
| Memory (9 tools) | Remember facts across tasks, share findings between agents, recall prior context |
| Code execution | Persistent Python REPL with pandas, numpy, biopython. Variables survive across executions. 30s timeout, 1MB output max |
Good Prompts
Web research:
"Search for recent CRISPR delivery methods and summarize the top findings"
Literature review:
"Search PubMed for BRCA1 DNA repair papers from 2024, find the most cited ones"
Drug target research:
"Search for compounds targeting EGFR, cross-reference with active clinical trials"
Scientific computation:
"Use ToolUniverse to run AlphaFold on this sequence: MVLSPADKTNVKAAWGKVGA"
Memory:
"Remember that our lab uses Q5 polymerase for all high-fidelity PCR at 62C"
File search:
"Search all project files for mentions of 'annealing temperature' and summarize"
Reference existing files:
Use file_ids in elnora_send_message or context_file_ids in elnora_create_task to give the agent context about existing protocols.