# NLM Clinical Tables Gene Name Search

> NLM Clinical Tables Gene Name Search is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Searches human gene descriptions from the NLM Clinical Tables genes list by a free-text query string, returning matching gene records as JSON.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://clonecho.builda.company/x402/s/clinicaltables-gene-names
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/nlm-clinical-tables-gene-name-search-ecbd1f8a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Xy1BSVVNj8OHo6BwvmAAp

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## 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 nlm-clinical-tables-gene-name-search-ecbd1f8a -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you search the NLM Clinical Tables gene list for 'BRCA1' and return the matching human gene descriptions?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to search and retrieve human gene descriptions or metadata from the authoritative NLM Clinical Tables dataset, especially when building clinical or bioinformatics tools that need standardized gene name lookups. Prefer this over general web search when you need structured, curated gene data from the National Library of Medicine.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or missing query parameter returns no results or error
- Query with no matching genes returns empty results array
- Malformed query may return unexpected results
- Payment failure (402) if x402 payment is not correctly handled
- Rate limiting or service unavailability from upstream NLM Clinical Tables API

## How this service works

Search human gene descriptions from the NLM Clinical Tables genes list by query {q}. Query: ?q= Returns JSON.

## Output

A JSON array of human gene records from the NLM Clinical Tables genes list that match the query, including gene names and descriptions.

## More

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