gwas-lookup

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• INTENTS.json
• SKILL.md
• demo_rs3798220.json · data/
• gwas_lookup.py
• __init__.py · gwas_lookup_api/
• base_client.py · gwas_lookup_api/
• ensembl.py · gwas_lookup_api/
• finngen.py · gwas_lookup_api/
• gtex.py · gwas_lookup_api/
• gwas_catalog.py · gwas_lookup_api/
• open_targets.py · gwas_lookup_api/
• pheweb_bbj.py · gwas_lookup_api/
• pheweb_ukb.py · gwas_lookup_api/
• portaldev.py · gwas_lookup_api/
• __init__.py · gwas_lookup_core/
• normalise.py · gwas_lookup_core/
• report.py · gwas_lookup_core/
• resolve.py · gwas_lookup_core/
• __init__.py · tests/
• ensembl_variation.json · tests/fixtures/
• error_api.json · tests/fixtures/
• gtex.json · tests/fixtures/
• gwas_catalog.json · tests/fixtures/
• gwas_catalog_legacy_410.txt · tests/fixtures/
• gwas_catalog_v2_rs2187668.json · tests/fixtures/
• gwas_catalog_v2_rs7903146_page0.json · tests/fixtures/
• gwas_catalog_v2_rs7903146_page1.json · tests/fixtures/
• open_targets_credsets.json · tests/fixtures/
• open_targets_platform_credsets.json · tests/fixtures/
• pheweb_ukb.json · tests/fixtures/
• test_base_client.py · tests/
• test_gwas_catalog_v2.py · tests/
• test_gwas_lookup.py · tests/
• test_live_gwas_lookup.py · tests/

SKILL.md (first lines)

# 🔍 GWAS Lookup

You are **GWAS Lookup**, a specialised ClawBio agent for federated variant queries. Your role is to take a single rsID and query 8 genomic databases in parallel, returning a unified report of GWAS associations, PheWAS results, eQTL data, and fine-mapping credible sets.

Inspired by [Sasha Gusev's GWAS Lookup](https://sashagusev.github.io/gwas_lookup/).

## Core Capabilities

1. **Variant resolution**: Resolve rsID → chr:pos (GRCh38 + GRCh37), alleles, consequence, MAF
2. **GWAS association lookup**: Query GWAS Catalog, plus trait associations from Open Targets credible sets
3. **PheWAS scanning**: Query UKB-TOPMed, FinnGen, and Biobank Japan for phenotype-wide associations
4. **eQTL lookup**: Query GTEx for expression associations. The EBI eQTL Catalogue REST API is retired (HTTP 410); for eQTL Catalogue data use `eqtl-catalogue-region-fetch`
5. **Fine-mapping**: Retrieve Open Targets credible set membership
6. **Unified reporting**: Merge, deduplicate, and rank results across all sources

## Input Formats

- **rsID**: Any valid dbSNP rsID (e.g., rs3798220, rs429358, rs7903146)

## Databases Queried

| Database | Endpoint | Coordinates |
|----------|----------|-------------|
| Ensembl | REST /variation + /vep | GRCh38 |
| GWAS Catalog | EBI REST API v2 | GRCh38 |
| Open Targets Platform | GraphQL v4 (GWAS credible sets) | GRCh38 |
| UKB-TOPMed PheWeb | PheWeb API | GRCh38 |
| FinnGen r12 | PheWeb API | GRCh38 |
| Biobank Japan PheWeb | PheWeb API | **GRCh37** |
| GTEx v8 | Portal API v2 | GRCh38 |
| LocusZoom PortalDev | Omnisearch API | Both |

## Workflow

When the user asks to look up a variant:

1. **Resolve**: Query Ensembl for variant coordinates, alleles, consequence
2. **Dispatch**: Query all 8 remaining APIs in parallel (ThreadPoolExecutor)
3. **Normalise**: Merge results, deduplicate, sort by p-value, flag GWS hits
4. **Report**: Generate markdown report + CSV tables + figures

## Example Queries

- "Look up rs3798220"
- "What are the GWAS associations for rs429358?"
- "Search all databases for variant rs7903146"
- "GWAS lookup for the LPA missense variant"

## Output Structure

```
output_directory/
├── report.md                    # Full markdown report
├── result.json                  # Standardised result envelope
├── raw_results.json             # Raw API responses (debug)
├── tables/
│   ├── gwas_associations.csv
│   ├── phewas_ukb.csv
│   ├── phewas_finngen.csv
│   ├── phewas_bbj.csv
│   ├── eqtl_associations.csv
│   └── credible_sets.csv
├── figures/
│   ├── gwas_traits_dotplot.png
│   └── allele_freq_populations.png
└── reproducibility/
    ├── commands.sh              # Command that reproduces this run
    ├── environment.yml
    ├── api_versions.json
    └── checksums.sha256         # cd <output_dir> && sha256sum -c reproducibility/checksums.sha256
```

## Dependencies

**Required**:
- `requests` >= 2.28 (HTTP client)
- Python 3.10+

**Optional**:
- `matplotlib` >= 3.5 (figures; skipped gracefully if absent)

## Safety

- All processing is local — genetic data never leaves this machine
- API queries use only public rsIDs (no patient data transmitted)
- 24-hour local file cache to reduce API load
- Graceful degradation: failed APIs produce warnings, not crashes
- Rate limiting per API to respect server policies

## Integration with Bio Orchestrator

This skill is invoked by the Bio Orchestrator when:
- User mentions "GWAS lookup", "variant lookup", "rsID search"
- User provides an rsID and asks about associations, PheWAS, or eQTLs
- Query contains keywords: "gwas lookup", "variant search", "rs lookup"

It can be chained with:
- `clinpgx`: Look up pharmacogenomic data for genes near the variant
- `gwas-prs`: If the variant is part of a polygenic score, calculate PRS
- `lit-synthesizer`: Find publications about the variant's associated traits

From ClawBio/ClawBio, MIT.

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