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alterlab-benchling

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Plug-and-play Benchling automation for lab data.

Education & Research#automation#api#integration#sdk#benchling#lab-data
AuthorAlterLab-IEU
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

Benchling is a powerful platform for life-sciences data, but integrating across registries, inventory, ELN entries, and workflows often requires bespoke tooling. This skill provides a programmable bridge to Benchling via the Python SDK and REST endpoints to automate routine data management, analytics, and app integrations.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Authentication & Setup: Initialize a Benchling client with API key or OAuth credentials to securely access resources such as DNA sequences, containers, and notebook entries.
  • Registry, Inventory & Notebook: Create, read, update, and delete DNA/protein sequences, containers, plates, locations, and ELN entries; automate transfers and linking between entities; and push analytics to external systems.
  • Workflows & Analytics: Manage workflow tasks, event subscriptions, and data warehouse queries to drive automated pipelines and reporting across Benchling data.

Quick Start

Install the Benchling Python SDK, configure the client with your tenant URL and API key, and run a simple script to list DNA sequences.

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Name: alterlab-benchling
Download link: https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills/archive/main.zip#alterlab-benchling

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