FireBrowse Beta API

{
  "service_type": "platform",
  "base_url": "https://firebrowse.org",
  "auth_method": "none",
  "auth_config": {},
  "endpoints": [
    {
      "name": "REST API",
      "url": "https://firebrowse.org/api/v1",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "FireBrowse REST API for querying cancer genomics data"
    },
    {
      "name": "API Documentation",
      "url": "https://firebrowse.org/api-docs",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Interactive API documentation"
    }
  ],
  "pricing_model": {
    "type": "free",
    "details": {
      "note": "Publicly funded academic resource, no cost"
    }
  },
  "rate_limits": {},
  "capabilities": [
    "cancer genomics data exploration",
    "TCGA data access",
    "gene expression analysis",
    "mutation data",
    "clinical data",
    "REST API for programmatic access",
    "batch queries"
  ],
  "raw_analysis": "FireBrowse is a platform for exploring cancer genomics data, primarily from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). It provides a web interface and a REST API (FireBrowse Beta API) for querying and downloading datasets. The API is public and does not require authentication. It is developed by the Broad Institute and is widely used in cancer research. The platform is mature and well-documented, with an interactive API console. It is free to use for academic and research purposes. The API supports various endpoints for gene expression, mutations, clinical data, and more. Rate limits are not explicitly documented but typical academic APIs have generous limits."
}

1/3 tests passed

{
  "overall": 62,
  "dimensions": {
    "token_efficiency": 8.0,
    "first_try_success": 7.0,
    "response_parseability": 8.0,
    "error_clarity": 4.0,
    "doc_quality": 6.0,
    "auth_simplicity": 9.0,
    "latency": 10.0,
    "consistency": 6.0
  },
  "pricing_normalized": {
    "model": "free",
    "notes": "Publicly funded academic resource; no cost, no API keys needed."
  },
  "issues": [
    "No /llms.txt or AI-readable documentation entrypoint (404).",
    "No robots.txt (404) — crawler/agent behavior undefined.",
    "FireBrowse has been effectively unmaintained/legacy; some GDAC endpoints have degraded over time, so consistency is uncertain.",
    "Documentation is scattered across legacy web pages; error/limitation docs are thin."
  ],
  "recommendations": [
    "Publish an /llms.txt describing the REST API, endpoints, and rate limits for agents.",
    "Provide a machine-readable OpenAPI/Swagger spec for the REST API.",
    "Clarify deprecation status and dataset coverage in a single getting-started doc.",
    "Add robots.txt defining crawl policy for AI agents."
  ]
}