Virtual Cells Platform Command Line Interface
A command-line interface for interacting with the Virtual Cells Platform ("VCP").
Requirements
- Python 3.10+
- On MacOS or Windows WSL, you will need a terminal app.
- For the
benchmarkscommands, you will need to be running on an Intel/AMD64 architecture CPU with NVIDIA GPU, running Linux with NVIDIA drivers. - For other commands (e.g.
data) you will need a Virtual Cells Platform account (register here)
Installation
Core Installation (Minimal)
Install only the core CLI functionality (auth, config, version commands):
pip install vcp-cli
This installs a minimal footprint without heavy dependencies like MLflow or benchmarking tools.
Full Installation
Install all features (model, data, and benchmarks commands):
pip install 'vcp-cli[all]'
Selective Installation
Install only the features you need:
# For model operations only
pip install 'vcp-cli[model]'
# For data operations only
pip install 'vcp-cli[data]'
# For benchmarks only
pip install 'vcp-cli[benchmarks]'
# Combine multiple features
pip install 'vcp-cli[model,data]'
Optional Feature Groups:
model- Model operations (init, stage, submit)data- Data operations (search, download, describe)benchmarks- Benchmark operations (run, list, get)
Documentation
Available at https://chanzuckerberg.github.io/vcp-cli/
License
This package is licensed under the MIT License.
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