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UCSC Genome Browser MCP

Provides access to the UCSC Genome Browser REST API, enabling agents to retrieve reference genome assemblies for approximately 250 species, query annotation tracks (genes, variants, conservation), fetch track data over specific genomic regions, and obtain raw DNA sequences.

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What you can do with it

  • List available genome assemblies for a specific species
  • Query annotation tracks for a genome assembly
  • Retrieve genomic data for a specific region
  • Get raw DNA sequence for a genomic interval

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.2.0
mcp-registry: io.github.pipeworx-io/ucsc-genome@0.2.0Source repositoryProject website
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Packages and installation

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@pipeworx/mcp-ucsc-genome 0.2.0

npm
@pipeworx/mcp-ucsc-genome package definition
{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@pipeworx/mcp-ucsc-genome",
  "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": {
    "ucsc-genome-browser-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-ucsc-genome@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ucsc-genome-browser-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-ucsc-genome@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "ucsc-genome-browser-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-ucsc-genome@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ucsc-genome-browser-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-ucsc-genome@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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