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tooluniverse-bioinformatics-resource-discovery
Discover which bioinformatics software tool, biomedical REST API, R/Bioconductor package, CRAN package, or training material exists for a task, before writing analysis code or building a pipeline. Covers ELIXIR bio.tools (30,000+ software tools/databases by keyword, EDAM topic, or EDAM operation), SmartAPI (biomedical API registry, incl. NCATS Translator components), ELIXIR TeSS (bioinformatics training materials/events), Bioconductor (R packages for computational biology), and CRAN (general R packages). Use when someone asks 'is there an existing tool/package for X', 'what software does [analysis]', 'find an API for Y', or 'is there a tutorial on Z'.
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# Bioinformatics Resource Discovery
Answers "what already exists for this task" — software, APIs, R packages, or training material — **before** writing new analysis code, choosing an nf-core pipeline, or wrapping a new REST API by hand.
**LOOK UP, DON'T GUESS**: Never assert that a tool/package/API does or doesn't exist for a task from memory. These 5 registries are live and current — search them.
## When to Use This Skill
- "Is there existing software for [bioinformatics task]?" -> bio.tools
- "What biomedical APIs exist for [domain], and where's the base URL/spec?" -> SmartAPI
- "Is there a tutorial/course on [technique]?" -> ELIXIR TeSS
- "What R package does [analysis] in Bioconductor?" -> Bioconductor
- "What does CRAN package X do / what version / what does it depend on?" -> CRAN
