Introduction
Documentation for Omics-OS — The Operating System for Biology. Workspace, OmniBar, Playground, Editor, Cloud CLI, BioVault (internal testing), and Lobster AI Engine.
Documentation for Omics-OS — The Operating System for Biology. Making biological data alive for machines and humans.
Product Map
Workspace
Canvas-based scientific workspace. Upload data, run multi-agent analyses, visualize results, and build knowledge graphs — all in the browser.
OmniBar
Context-aware assistant surface inside the workspace. Search databases, query tables, navigate the canvas, and capture findings — without switching tools.
Playground
Browser-based agent builder. Describe what you need in natural language, Lobster builds it, test it live in the same session.
Editor
LaTeX report editor with AI writing assistant. Open analysis results directly from the workspace, compile to PDF, and export.
BioVault (Internal Testing)
Turn one data question into one auditable dataset folder: public data found, checked and downloaded, with per-file sources, problems and decisions.
Lobster CLI
Cloud access from the terminal. Install @omicsos/lobster globally, then chat, query, and manage sessions without leaving your shell.
Lobster AI Engine
Open-source multi-agent bioinformatics engine. Install lobster-ai from PyPI and run analyses locally with full control.
What is Omics-OS?
Omics-OS is The Operating System for Biology — making biological data alive for machines and humans.
For scientists — the Workspace is a canvas-based environment where you upload data, run multi-agent analyses through natural conversation, search biological databases, visualize protein structures, and build knowledge graphs. The OmniBar gives you a context-aware assistant that knows what you are looking at and what you can do next. The Editor lets you turn results into publication-ready LaTeX reports.
For developers — the Lobster CLI (@omicsos/lobster on npm) provides typed cloud access from any terminal. The Lobster AI Engine (lobster-ai on PyPI) is the open-source multi-agent system you can run locally, extend with custom agents, or connect to Cloud via the LLM Gateway.
For data teams — BioVault turns one data question into one auditable dataset folder (public GEO data today; enabled for selected organisations during internal testing). It prepares data and makes no findings.
Not sure where to start?
- "I want to analyze data in my browser" — Workspace
- "I want to search databases and explore pathways" — OmniBar and Database Search
- "I want to build a custom agent without coding" — Playground
- "I want to access Cloud from my terminal" — Lobster CLI
- "I want to run analyses locally with full control" — Lobster AI Engine
- "I'm a developer building on top of Lobster AI" — Extending