GDC MCP
The GDC MCP server provides access to the NCI Genomic Data Commons, allowing agents to list cancer genomics projects like TCGA and TARGET, look up project details, search for cancer cases by primary site, and find genomic data files by category. It supports keyless, open-access queries with a free tier of 50 calls per day.
Package and access
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What you can do with it
- List NCI Genomic Data Commons cancer genomics projects
- Search cancer cases by primary site and project
- Find genomic data files by data category
- Look up single project details and summary counts
Source and maintenance
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
Source-provided package data. Koskamo has not executed or live-probed this package.
@pipeworx/mcp-gdc 0.2.0
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "@pipeworx/mcp-gdc",
"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."
}
]
}Tools
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Connect from your client
Each snippet configures the same source-provided package; replace placeholders before use.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"gdc-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-gdc": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-gdc@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"gdc-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-gdc": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-gdc@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"gdc-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-gdc": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-gdc@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"gdc-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-gdc": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-gdc@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
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