search_sequence

Similarity search by raw RNA sequence. Submits the sequence to the RNAcentral sequence-search service, polls for completion, and returns the top hits across the member databases.

Use this when you have a nucleotide sequence and want to know what it matches in RNAcentral. If you already have an accession or a name, use query_rnacentral.

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Description
sequence	str	yes	The RNA (or DNA) sequence to search. Case-insensitive; whitespace is ignored.
databases	list[str]	no	Restrict the search to specific member databases. Defaults to all.

Returns

A markdown summary of the hits: accession, description, organism, E-value/identity, and the source database.

Notes

• The upstream service is asynchronous — the tool submits a job and polls until results are ready or a timeout is hit. Expect a few seconds of latency on a cold cache.

• Very long sequences or highly repetitive sequences may be rejected by the upstream service; the tool surfaces the error message verbatim.