| name | ipd-skill |
| description | Submit compact IPD REST requests for HLA allele and cell-level metadata using the public IPD query API. Use when a user wants concise IPD summaries; save raw JSON or text only on request. |
Operating rules
- Use
scripts/rest_request.py for all IPD calls.
- Use
base_url=https://www.ebi.ac.uk/cgi-bin/ipd/api.
- The most stable public routes are
allele and cell.
- For HLA allele browsing, pass
project=HLA and keep limit modest.
- Re-run requests in long conversations instead of relying on older tool output.
Execution behavior
- Return concise markdown summaries from the script JSON by default.
- Return raw JSON or text only if the user explicitly asks for machine-readable output.
- Prefer these paths:
allele, cell, and allele/download.
Input
- Read one JSON object from stdin.
- Required fields:
base_url, path
- Optional fields:
method, params, headers, json_body, form_body, record_path, response_format, max_items, max_depth, timeout_sec, save_raw, raw_output_path
- Common IPD patterns:
{"base_url":"https://www.ebi.ac.uk/cgi-bin/ipd/api","path":"allele","params":{"project":"HLA","limit":10},"record_path":"data","max_items":10}{"base_url":"https://www.ebi.ac.uk/cgi-bin/ipd/api","path":"allele","params":{"project":"HLA","query":"contains(name,\"A*01\")","limit":10},"record_path":"data","max_items":10}{"base_url":"https://www.ebi.ac.uk/cgi-bin/ipd/api","path":"cell","params":{"limit":10},"record_path":"data","max_items":10}
Output
- Success returns
ok, source, path, method, status_code, warnings, and either compact records, a compact summary, or text_head.
- Use
raw_output_path when save_raw=true.
- Failure returns
ok=false with error.code and error.message.
Execution
echo '{"base_url":"https://www.ebi.ac.uk/cgi-bin/ipd/api","path":"allele","params":{"project":"HLA","limit":10},"record_path":"data","max_items":10}' | python scripts/rest_request.py
References
- No additional runtime references are required; keep the import package limited to this file and
scripts/rest_request.py.
