ncbi-datasets
Facilitates downloading genomic, gene, virus, and taxonomy data from NCBI using command-line tools for bioinformatics research.
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The ncbi-datasets skill was audited on Jun 11, 2026 and we found 11 security issues across 2 threat categories, including 1 high-severity. Review the findings below before installing.
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| 207 | > See [`references/ncbi-datasets.md § Installation`](references/ncbi-datasets.md#installation) for curl commands, or visit the [official NCBI install guide](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/docs/ |
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| 35 | homepage: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/ |
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| 207 | > See [`references/ncbi-datasets.md § Installation`](references/ncbi-datasets.md#installation) for curl commands, or visit the [official NCBI install guide](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/docs/ |
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| 214 | - Refer to the [NCBI Datasets documentation](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/docs/v2/) for further troubleshooting and guidance |
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| 227 | - **NCBI Datasets CLI** — Sayers et al. (2022) "Database resources of the National Center for Biotechnology Information." *Nucleic Acids Research*, 50(D1): D20–D26. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab111 |
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| 228 | - **NCBI Genome Database** — https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/ |
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| 229 | - **NCBI Datasets Documentation** - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/datasets/docs/v2/ |
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| 230 | - **RefSeq** — O'Leary et al. (2016) "Reference sequence (RefSeq) database at NCBI: current status, taxonomic expansion, and functional annotation." *Nucleic Acids Research*, 44(D1): D733–D745. https: |
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| 231 | - **NCBI Gene** — https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/ |
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| 232 | - **NCBI Taxonomy** — Schoch et al. (2020) "NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools." *Database*, 2020: baaa062. https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baaa062 |
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| 233 | - **NCBI Virus** — Hatcher et al. (2017) "Virus Variation Resource – improved response to emergent viral outbreaks." *Nucleic Acids Research*, 45(D1): D482–D490. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkw1065 |
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