This quickstart is optimized for: “I want to run something immediately.”

There are two common ways to do that:

1) Call a remote workflow server (often no local bootstrapping). 2) Use the container image to get an rbbt CLI with minimal setup.

1) Remote execution (minimal / no install)

Many workflows are exposed as remote services.

If you already have an rbbt CLI (native install or container), you can query help and run tasks by pointing rbbt workflow task at the workflow URL.

If you don’t have the CLI yet, you can still call the service directly with wget/curl (examples below).

Inspect available tasks / get help

# List tasks / show help
rbbt workflow task https://rbbt.bsc.es/Sequence -h

# Help for a specific task
rbbt workflow task https://rbbt.bsc.es/Sequence -h mutated_isoforms_fast

Run a simple task

# Example: translate gene symbols
rbbt workflow task https://rbbt.bsc.es/Translation tsv_translate -g TP53,MDM2,RB1

Remote run via plain HTTP (wget/curl) — works without rbbt

Remote workflow services accept GET or POST. Results can be returned as:

• _format=raw (plain text)
• _format=json (structured)

Example (GET):

wget "https://rbbt.bsc.es/Sequence/mutated_isoforms?mutations=7:31003700:T&organism=Hsa/feb2014&_format=raw" --quiet -O -

Example (POST + file upload):

curl -H "Expect:" -L https://rbbt.bsc.es/Sequence/mutated_isoforms_fast \
  -F "_format=raw" \
  -F "mutations=@<file>" \
  -F "organism=Hsa/feb2014"

2) Container quickstart (CLI)

If you want the local rbbt CLI without installing Ruby gems, use the published container image:

wget "https://b2drop.bsc.es/index.php/s/ay9mqyD8CTE3GgA/download" -O ~/rbbt.singularity.img
alias rbbt='singularity exec -e ~/rbbt.singularity.img rbbt'

rbbt --help

If you’re using Apptainer:

alias rbbt='apptainer exec -e ~/rbbt.singularity.img rbbt'

Next

• Install & setup — container vs developer install, config locations
• Legacy tutorials — deeper background on Workflow/TSV/Resources/HPC