vcp-cli 0.48.0

VCP CLI - A command-line interface (CLI) to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's Virtual Cell Platform (VCP)

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 benchmarks commands, 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 (<50MB) without heavy dependencies like MLflow, boto3, 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) - requires MLflow, numpy, copier, GitPython
• data - Data operations (search, download, describe) - requires boto3 for S3 downloads
• benchmarks - Benchmark operations (run, list, get) - requires cz-benchmarks, anndata

Documentation

Available at https://chanzuckerberg.github.io/vcp-cli/

License

This package is licensed under the MIT License.