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Cellxgene Census

Query the CELLxGENE Census (61M+ cells) programmatically. Use when you need expression data across tissues, diseases, or cell types from the largest curated single-cell atlas. Best for population-scale queries, reference atlas comparisons. For analyzing your own data use scanpy or scvi-tools.

# CZ CELLxGENE Census

## Overview

The CZ CELLxGENE Census provides programmatic access to a comprehensive, versioned collection of standardized single-cell genomics data from CZ CELLxGENE Discover. This skill enables efficient querying and analysis of millions of cells across thousands of datasets.

The Census includes:
- **61+ million cells** from human and mouse
- **Standardized metadata** (cell types, tissues, diseases, donors)
- **Raw gene expression** matrices
- **Pre-calculated embeddings** and statistics
- **Integration with PyTorch, scanpy, and other analysis tools**

## When to Use This Skill

This skill should be used when:
- Querying single-cell expression data by cell type, tissue, or disease
- Exploring available single-cell datasets and metadata
- Training machine learning models on single-cell data
- Performing large-scale cross-dataset analyses
- Integrating Census data with scanpy or other analysis frameworks
- Computing statistics across millions of cells
- Accessing pre-calculated embeddings or model predictions

## Installation and Setup

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Skill Capability with explicit trigger pattern
Skill Understand
Explain or analyze
Scope Project
This codebase
Triggered Activates on context match -- file patterns, topics, working state