diff --git a/tools/anndata/export.xml b/tools/anndata/export.xml
index 52d8896e572..416d3fdb2b8 100644
--- a/tools/anndata/export.xml
+++ b/tools/anndata/export.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
     <macros>
         <import>macros.xml</import>
     </macros>
+    <expand macro="bio_tools"/>
+    <expand macro="edam_ontology"/>
     <expand macro="requirements"/>
     <expand macro="version_command"/>
     <command detect_errors="exit_code"><![CDATA[
diff --git a/tools/anndata/import.xml b/tools/anndata/import.xml
index f921ad01f26..f7087a696af 100644
--- a/tools/anndata/import.xml
+++ b/tools/anndata/import.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
             <param name="gex_only" type="boolean" truevalue="True" falsevalue="False" checked="true" label="Keep only 'Gene Expression' data and ignore other feature types?"/>
         </xml>
     </macros>
+    <expand macro="bio_tools"/>
+    <expand macro="edam_ontology"/>
     <expand macro="requirements">
         <requirement type="package" version="1.10.2">scanpy</requirement>
     </expand>
diff --git a/tools/anndata/inspect.xml b/tools/anndata/inspect.xml
index 87fed9e8a35..634c0989ef6 100644
--- a/tools/anndata/inspect.xml
+++ b/tools/anndata/inspect.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
     <macros>
         <import>macros.xml</import>
     </macros>
+    <expand macro="bio_tools"/>
+    <expand macro="edam_ontology"/>
     <expand macro="requirements"/>
     <expand macro="version_command"/>
     <command detect_errors="exit_code"><![CDATA[
diff --git a/tools/anndata/manipulate.xml b/tools/anndata/manipulate.xml
index 0f8d9153018..8cb504d0f31 100644
--- a/tools/anndata/manipulate.xml
+++ b/tools/anndata/manipulate.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
             </param>
         </xml>
     </macros>
+    <expand macro="bio_tools"/>
+    <expand macro="edam_ontology"/>
     <expand macro="requirements"/>
     <expand macro="version_command"/>
     <command detect_errors="exit_code"><![CDATA[
diff --git a/tools/anndata/modify_loom.xml b/tools/anndata/modify_loom.xml
index 96e654836d0..7671415ccbe 100644
--- a/tools/anndata/modify_loom.xml
+++ b/tools/anndata/modify_loom.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
     <macros>
         <import>macros.xml</import>
     </macros>
+    <expand macro="bio_tools"/>
+    <expand macro="edam_ontology"/>
     <expand macro="requirements">
         <requirement type="package" version="1.26.4">numpy</requirement><!-- loompy seems to adapt to numpy 2.x. Remove this in the next update -->
     </expand>