UniProt MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCP_HTTP_HOST | No | HTTP server bind address | 0.0.0.0 |
| MCP_HTTP_PORT | No | HTTP server port | 8000 |
| MCP_HTTP_RELOAD | No | Enable auto-reload: 1 or true | 0 |
| UNIPROT_LOG_LEVEL | No | Logging level: debug, info, warning, error | info |
| MCP_HTTP_LOG_LEVEL | No | Uvicorn log level | info |
| UNIPROT_LOG_FORMAT | No | Log format: plain or json | plain |
| UNIPROT_ENABLE_FIELDS | No | Request minimal field subsets to reduce payload size | |
| MCP_CORS_ALLOW_HEADERS | No | CORS allowed headers | * |
| MCP_CORS_ALLOW_METHODS | No | CORS allowed methods | GET,POST,DELETE |
| MCP_CORS_ALLOW_ORIGINS | No | CORS allowed origins (comma-separated) | * |
| UNIPROT_MAX_CONCURRENCY | No | Max concurrent UniProt API requests | 8 |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| fetch_entryC | Return a structured UniProt entry. |
| get_sequenceC | Return only the sequence metadata for an accession. |
| search_uniprotB | Search UniProtKB and return curated hits. |
| fetch_entry_flatfileC | Return the UniProt flatfile (txt or fasta) for a specific entry version. |
| map_idsC | Map identifiers between UniProt-supported namespaces. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| summarize_protein | Generate instructions for summarising a UniProt entry. |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| search_help | Static help text explaining search conventions. |
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