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Gnomad Database by mkurman — Agent Skill

Name: Gnomad Database
Author: mkurman

Gnomad Database

Query the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). Use when determining the rarity or allele frequency of specific genetic variants, retrieving gene constraint metrics (pLI, LOEUF) to assess loss-of-function intolerance, finding variants in a genomic region or gene, or querying structural variants. Don't use for analyzing individual patient genomes, tracking somatic mutations in cancer (use COSMIC), or requesting raw sequencing reads (use ENA).

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gnomAD Database

Prerequisites

uv: Read the uv skill and follow its Setup instructions to ensure uv is installed and on PATH.
User Notification: If LICENSE_NOTIFICATION.txt does not already exist in this skill directory then (1) prominently notify the user to check the terms at https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/policies and https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/data#api, then (2) create the file recording the notification text and timestamp.

Core Rules

Use the Wrapper: ALWAYS execute the provided helper scripts to query the database rather than accessing the database directly. The scripts automatically enforce the gnomAD API rate limits gracefully.
Notification: If this skill is used, ensure this is mentioned in the output.

Utility Scripts

All scripts are located in the scripts/ subdirectory of this skill's installation directory. When running them, use the full absolute path to the script (e.g. /path/to/gnomad_database/scripts/get_variant_frequency.py).

1. Variant Frequency. Retrieves global and ancestry-specific allele frequencies, homozygote counts, and Grpmax Filtering AF (faf95/faf99) for exome, genome, and total (exome+genome combined) data. The filtering allele frequency (FAF) is the maximum credible genetic ancestry group AF (lower bound of the 95% or 99% CI). Variant ID format must be chrom-pos-ref-alt (e.g., 1-55516888-G-GA). Alternately, you may provide an rsID.

# By variant ID:
uv run scripts/get_variant_frequency.py --variant_id {variant_id} [--dataset {dataset}] --output variant_frequency.json

# By rsID (e.g., rs1800562):
uv run scripts/get_variant_frequency.py --rsid {rsid} [--dataset {dataset}] --output variant_frequency.json

2. Gene Constraint. Retrieves constraint metrics for a gene. The response will explicitly contain pli, and the LOEUF score is represented by oe_lof_upper.

uv run scripts/get_gene_constraint.py --gene {gene_symbol} --output {gene_symbol}_constraint.json

3. Region/Gene Variant Search. Finds all variants in a region or gene.

# By region:
uv run scripts/search_variants.py --chrom {chrom} --start {start} --end {end} --output region_variants.json
# By gene:
uv run scripts/search_variants.py --gene {gene_symbol} --consequence {pLoF|missense} --output {gene_symbol}_variants.json

References

Further documentation on the data: https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/data#api More general database documentation: https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/help

---name: gnomad-databasedescription: Query the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). Use when determining the rarity or allele frequency of specific genetic variants, retrieving gene constraint metrics (pLI, LOEUF) to assess loss-of-function intolerance, finding variants in a genomic region or gene, or querying structural variants. Don't use for analyzing individual patient genomes, tracking somatic mutations in cancer (use COSMIC), or requesting raw sequencing reads (use ENA).---# gnomAD Database## Prerequisites1. **`uv`**: Read the `uv` skill and follow its Setup instructions to ensure `uv` is installed and on PATH.2. **User Notification**: If LICENSE_NOTIFICATION.txt does not already exist in this skill directory then (1) prominently notify the user to check the terms at https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/policies and https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/data#api, then (2) create the file recording the notification text and timestamp.## Core Rules- **Use the Wrapper**: ALWAYS execute the provided helper scripts to query the database rather than accessing the database directly. The scripts automatically enforce the gnomAD API rate limits gracefully.- **Notification**: If this skill is used, ensure this is mentioned in the output.## Utility ScriptsAll scripts are located in the `scripts/` subdirectory of this skill'sinstallation directory. When running them, use the full absolute path to thescript (e.g. `/path/to/gnomad_database/scripts/get_variant_frequency.py`).**1. Variant Frequency.** Retrieves global and ancestry-specific allelefrequencies, homozygote counts, and **Grpmax Filtering AF** (faf95/faf99) forexome, genome, and total (exome+genome combined) data. The filtering allelefrequency (FAF) is the maximum credible genetic ancestry group AF (lower boundof the 95% or 99% CI). Variant ID format must be `chrom-pos-ref-alt` (e.g.,`1-55516888-G-GA`). Alternately, you may provide an `rsID`.```bash# By variant ID:uv run scripts/get_variant_frequency.py --variant_id {variant_id} [--dataset {dataset}] --output variant_frequency.json# By rsID (e.g., rs1800562):uv run scripts/get_variant_frequency.py --rsid {rsid} [--dataset {dataset}] --output variant_frequency.json```**2. Gene Constraint.** Retrieves constraint metrics for a gene. The responsewill explicitly contain `pli`, and the LOEUF score is represented by`oe_lof_upper`.```bashuv run scripts/get_gene_constraint.py --gene {gene_symbol} --output {gene_symbol}_constraint.json```**3. Region/Gene Variant Search.** Finds all variants in a region or gene.```bash# By region:uv run scripts/search_variants.py --chrom {chrom} --start {start} --end {end} --output region_variants.json# By gene:uv run scripts/search_variants.py --gene {gene_symbol} --consequence {pLoF|missense} --output {gene_symbol}_variants.json```## ReferencesFurther documentation on the data: https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/data#apiMore general database documentation: https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/help

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