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Frequently Asked Questions

No. You can interact with Purna through natural language. If you are familiar with Python or R, you can also ask Purna to write and run custom code in a private compute environment.
Purna currently offers Biomedical Research and Omics Analysis in chat. Biomedical Research is best for literature, pathways, genes, proteins, variants, drugs, and mechanisms. Omics Analysis is best for uploaded datasets, RNA-seq, single-cell, and multi-omics work.
Yes. You can search databases, synthesize literature, explore genes and pathways, design workflows, create figures, and draft structured outputs without uploading files.
Common supported formats include CSV, TSV, JSON, VCF, FASTA, H5AD, BED, MTX, PNG, JPG, PDF, TXT, ZIP, and GZ. The exact workflow depends on the file type and what you ask Purna to do with it.
Type @ in the chat input to open the file picker. Select the file you want Purna to inspect or use in the current request.
Your data is stored securely and scoped to your account, project, and sharing settings. Private chats remain private unless you explicitly share them. Use caution with confidential data and follow your organization’s policies.
Purna can query sources such as PubMed, ClinVar, OMIM, ClinGen, gnomAD, dbSNP, GWAS Catalog, UniProt, PDB, AlphaFold, ChEMBL, Open Targets, DrugBank, PharmGKB, KEGG, Reactome, Gene Ontology, MyGene.info, NCBI Gene, and HPO. Availability can vary by enabled capabilities.
Open Preferences in the chat input. Use Capabilities to control tool families and Skills and knowledge to control source-aware guidance and knowledge resources.
Purna provisions a private compute server attached to your chat, writes Python or R code, runs it, and returns results inline. Use it for custom statistics, data transformation, and plots.
Use a job for multi-step workflows that may take minutes to hours, such as RNA-seq analysis, molecular simulations, batch file processing, or complex pipelines. Job outputs are saved to your Files library.
Purna can create bar, line, scatter, pie, heatmap, volcano, and custom scientific plots depending on the data and whether code execution is used.
Yes. Purna can create downloadable artifacts such as documents, spreadsheets, code files, images, and job outputs. Files are available from the conversation or the Files page.
Plan availability and limits may vary by account. Manage your current plan from Settings > Plan or contact contact@purna.ai for organization or enterprise options.
Go to Settings > General > Personalization and configure response style, tone, characteristics, and output format. You can also adjust per-chat tools from Preferences.
Responses include inline citation badges that link directly to source records. Click any badge to verify the underlying evidence.
Go to Settings > Team and click Invite to generate an invitation link. Share the link with colleagues so they can join your organization.