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BOLD Systems MCP

The BOLD Systems MCP server provides access to the Barcode of Life Data System, allowing agents to query authoritative specimen records, DNA barcode sequences (COI/rbcL/matK), and taxonomic classifications. It supports retrieving data by species, taxon, country, or BIN (species-proxy cluster) assignments without requiring authentication parameters.

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What you can do with it

  • Query DNA barcode records for a specific species or taxon
  • Retrieve COI barcode sequences or FASTA files for a genus
  • Check taxonomic validity and species counts within a family
  • Identify institutions holding barcoded specimens by country

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.2.1
mcp-registry: io.github.pipeworx-io/bold-systems@0.2.1Source repositoryProject website
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@pipeworx/mcp-bold-systems 0.2.1

npm
@pipeworx/mcp-bold-systems package definition
{
  "version": "0.2.1",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@pipeworx/mcp-bold-systems",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "PIPEWORX_API_KEY",
      "description": "Optional Pipeworx API key. Without it calls are anonymous and capped daily; a free key raises the cap."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bold-systems-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-bold-systems@0.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bold-systems-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-bold-systems@0.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "bold-systems-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-bold-systems@0.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bold-systems-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-bold-systems@0.2.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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