ensembl-mcp-server
Server Details
Look up genes, fetch sequences, predict variant consequences, find orthologs and xrefs via Ensembl.
- Status
- Healthy
- Last Tested
- Transport
- Streamable HTTP
- URL
- Repository
- cyanheads/ensembl-mcp-server
- GitHub Stars
- 2
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Tool Definition Quality
Average 4.6/5 across 7 of 7 tools scored.
Each tool targets a distinct operation: listing species, looking up genes, fetching sequences, finding homologs, retrieving cross-references, predicting variant effects, and querying genomic regions. There is no functional overlap.
All tools follow a consistent 'ensembl_verb_object' pattern using underscore_case (e.g., ensembl_list_species, ensembl_lookup_gene). The naming is predictable and unambiguous.
Seven tools provide a well-scoped coverage of the Ensembl API's core functionality for a bioinformatics MCP server. The count is appropriate for the domain's complexity.
The tool set covers the essential operations for genomic data access (species discovery, gene lookup, sequence, homology, xrefs, variant prediction, region queries). Minor gaps like batch sequence retrieval or gene list operations could be added, but the current set is largely complete.
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{
"$schema": "https://glama.ai/mcp/schemas/connector.json",
"maintainers": [{ "email": "your-email@example.com" }]
}The email address must match the email associated with your Glama account. Once published, Glama will automatically detect and verify the file within a few minutes.
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