encode-toolkit

List, search, and inspect ENCODE files by format, type, and assembly

Generate ENCODE citations for publications, grants, and presentations

Check if two ENCODE experiments are compatible for combined analysis

Cross-reference ENCODE data with PubMed, GEO, ClinicalTrials, and bioRxiv

Download ENCODE files (BED, FASTQ, BAM, bigWig) with MD5 verification

Execute ENCODE ATAC-seq pipeline from FASTQ to accessibility peaks with Tn5 correction, Bowtie2, and MACS2

Execute ENCODE ChIP-seq pipeline from FASTQ to peaks and signal tracks using BWA-MEM, MACS2, and IDR

Execute CUT&RUN pipeline from FASTQ to peaks with Bowtie2, SEACR, and spike-in normalization

Execute ENCODE DNase-seq pipeline from FASTQ to hotspots and footprints using BWA, Hotspot2, and HINT-ATAC

Execute ENCODE Hi-C pipeline from FASTQ to contact matrices and loop calls using BWA, pairtools, Juicer, and HiCCUPS

Integrate multiple ENCODE data types (RNA-seq, ATAC-seq, Histone ChIP-seq, TF ChIP-seq) for a tissue/cell type to build a comprehensive regulatory landscape. Use when the user wants to answer "what are the enhancers, promoters, and regulatory elements active in my tissue, and which transcription factors control them?" by layering expression, chromatin accessibility, histone marks, and TF binding data. Follows the Mawla et al. 2023 framework for cross-assay integration of islet cell type-specific data. Handles chromatin state annotation (ChromHMM), enhancer-gene linkage, TF motif enrichment, and cell type-specific regulatory element identification. Use for ANY multi-omic analysis, enhancer discovery, regulatory network construction, or epigenomic characterization using ENCODE data.

Guide for annotating ENCODE peaks with genomic features using ChIPseeker and GREAT. Use when users need to assign peaks to genes, determine genomic feature distribution (promoter, intron, intergenic), or perform gene ontology enrichment of peak-associated genes. Trigger on: peak annotation, ChIPseeker, GREAT, peak to gene, genomic feature, promoter enrichment, gene ontology, peak distribution, TSS distance, nearest gene.

Query the Ensembl REST API for regulatory feature annotations, variant effect prediction (VEP), coordinate liftover, gene lookups, and cross-references. Use when the user needs to annotate variants with VEP (consequence, CADD, REVEL, SpliceAI), check Ensembl Regulatory Build overlap for ENCODE regions, convert coordinates between GRCh37 and GRCh38, resolve gene IDs (Ensembl ↔ symbol ↔ RefSeq), look up gene phenotype associations, or cross-reference ENCODE targets with Ensembl annotations. Also use when the user mentions Ensembl, VEP, variant effect predictor, liftover, assembly conversion, regulatory build, gene lookup, or cross-references between databases.

Build comprehensive epigenomic profiles for tissues or cell types using ENCODE data. Use when the user wants to characterize chromatin states, assemble histone modification panels, create epigenomic landscapes, run ChromHMM segmentation, identify super-enhancers or bivalent domains, profile regulatory elements across a biosample, or understand epigenetic regulation in a specific biological context. Covers histone marks, chromatin accessibility, TF binding, transcription, DNA methylation, and 3D genome structure.

Analyze ENCODE functional genomics screens including CRISPR screens, MPRA (Massively Parallel Reporter Assays), and STARR-seq. Find screen data in ENCODE, process results, identify functional elements, and integrate with epigenomic annotations.