# Annotate features

This task allows you to annotate features only to the matrix data node.

* Click a Single cell counts data node
* Click the **Annotation/Metadata** section in the toolbox
* Click **Annotate features**

The assembly and annotation files should be consistent with the files used in upstream analysis.

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* Click **Finish**

A new data node, Annotated counts, will be generated . The annotations will be available in downstream analysis tasks.


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