Jordan turned his raw 23andMe export into a private health dashboard with Claude Code. It reads the DNA file, combines it with his blood test results and current medications, shows genetic insights from APOE to physical traits, and writes reports he can share. He showed it in Episode 30 (February 6, 2026), starting at 01:38. He didn't say how long it took to build.
When 23andMe looked headed for bankruptcy and people worried about their data being sold, Jordan downloaded his. What he got was a single TXT file of about 15 MB that he called "pretty much unreadable." It sat in his Google Drive for a long time until he was looking for a new project.
And I figured, you know, why not give Claude code access to my DNA, and, you know, maybe I can even add some additional health information.
— Jordan Metzner, Episode 30
His goal was a long-term, holistic record that surfaces insights "not easily available" elsewhere.
The most useful finding was about a cholesterol medication. Jordan had responded very strongly to it, with a big drop in LDL, and Claude suggested his blood siblings ask about it too. His sister had never heard of the drug and asked what to tell her doctor, so:
So I actually had Claude code build an entire report for my sister based on my DNA and my health information so she could share it with her doctor, and so that they could analyze her health against what might be hereditary or kind of inherited behaviors.
— Jordan Metzner, Episode 30
He hadn't heard back yet about her doctor visit. He thinks sharing health data between siblings this way could become a new way for families to understand what's hereditary.
Not everything matched reality. The dashboard flagged high lactose intolerance, which Jordan said he doesn't noticeably have. Treat the output as something to discuss with a doctor, which is what he planned to do at his next visit.
Sam's reaction: he gets a yearly sign-off from his doctor and forgets about it, without tracking how his blood work trends. He agreed there's no reason to put a tool like this online.
Jordan's genetically high cholesterol was also behind an earlier build, the cholesterol medication 3D visualizer. In the same episode Sam showed his rep-by-rep AI personal trainer. More on the topic: AI in Healthcare.
Jordan downloaded his raw 23andMe TXT file (about 15 MB), gave Claude Code access to it, added his medications and blood test results, and had Claude Code build views for markers like APOE, diabetes risk, lactose intolerance, stress response and aging, plus chromosome details.
On its own the export is one TXT file that Jordan called pretty much unreadable. Having Claude Code parse it and generate a dashboard was how he made sense of it.
Jordan kept the app fully local: it uses SQLite and runs only on his computer, and he chose not to put it on the internet. We did not discuss data retention policies on the show.
Yes. Jordan added blood test results and medications by hand and plans to add new blood work after each doctor visit. He noted that if your doctor uses Epic MyChart, exporting your blood work history is easy.
