Let AI agents explain genomics data inside a genome viewer
A cancer diagnostics lab worker built tgv, a keyboard-driven genome viewer that exposes multi-omics data to agents through a SQL layer so they can explain an analysis inside the viewer.
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lzqqqqqq on Hacker News · 2026-10-10 · Project link
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What they did
A cancer diagnostics lab worker built tgv, a keyboard-driven genome viewer that exposes multi-omics data to agents through a SQL layer so they can explain an analysis inside the viewer.
Result (as claimed)
Agents show their reasoning next to the data instead of in a separate chat.
Tools they used
Cost: Pricing depends on the tools you pick; check each official pricing page.
Set it up
Gather your sources
Collect the papers, notes, links or files you want to work from in one place.
Load them into the tool
Open tgv and add your sources. Keep the original files so you can check claims later.
Ask focused questions
Ask for summaries, comparisons or connections with citations to the source passages.
Verify and save
Spot check claims against the sources, then save the output as notes you can reuse.
Copy the full setup prompt
Paste into your agent and it will walk you through the setup, asking before anything that sends, posts or spends.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Let AI agents explain genomics data inside a genome viewer What the original author did: A cancer diagnostics lab worker built tgv, a keyboard-driven genome viewer that exposes multi-omics data to agents through a SQL layer so they can explain an analysis inside the viewer. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Agents show their reasoning next to the data instead of in a separate chat. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50029175 Tools they used: tgv Category: Research & learning Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Let AI agents explain genomics data inside a genome viewer What the original author did: A cancer diagnostics lab worker built tgv, a keyboard-driven genome viewer that exposes multi-omics data to agents through a SQL layer so they can explain an analysis inside the viewer. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Agents show their reasoning next to the data instead of in a separate chat. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50029175 Tools they used: tgv Category: Research & learning Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Let AI agents explain genomics data inside a genome viewer What the original author did: A cancer diagnostics lab worker built tgv, a keyboard-driven genome viewer that exposes multi-omics data to agents through a SQL layer so they can explain an analysis inside the viewer. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Agents show their reasoning next to the data instead of in a separate chat. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50029175 Tools they used: tgv Category: Research & learning Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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