# EBI Search MGnify Metagenomics Full-Text Search

> EBI Search MGnify Metagenomics Full-Text Search is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Full-text searches MGnify metagenomics projects and analyses via the EBI Search API, returning matching results as JSON.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://clonecho.builda.company/x402/s/ebisearch-metagenomics
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/ebi-search-mgnify-metagenomics-full-text-search-c00efd64
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_JBuUMKsrFQXZxjiSma_ks

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## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability ebi-search-mgnify-metagenomics-full-text-search-c00efd64 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Search MGnify for metagenomics projects and analyses related to 'human gut microbiome' and show me what comes back.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to search the MGnify metagenomics database by keyword to discover relevant projects, studies, or analyses. Prefer this over manual EBI portal browsing when automating bioinformatics data discovery or building pipelines that need to programmatically find metagenomics datasets by topic.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or missing query string returns no results or an error
- Query too broad returns a very large or unfiltered result set
- EBI Search API downstream unavailability causes timeout or 5xx error
- Special characters in query string may cause malformed request
- Payment not processed results in 402 response before search is executed

## How this service works

Full-text search of MGnify metagenomics projects and analyses for {q} via the EBI Search API. Query: ?q= Returns JSON.

## Output

A JSON object containing full-text search results from the MGnify database via EBI Search, including matching metagenomics project and analysis records with associated metadata such as study names, descriptions, and identifiers.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/ebi-search-mgnify-metagenomics-full-text-search-c00efd64/health.json
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