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Allen Brain API MCP Server

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Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

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Capabilities

Features and capabilities supported by this server

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Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
execute_rma_queryA

Executes a generic RMA (RESTful Model Access) query against the Allen Brain API. Useful for querying arbitrary data models like 'Specimen', 'SectionDataSet', 'Structure', etc.

get_cell_specimensC

Retrieve cell specimens from the Allen Cell Types Database.

get_ephys_sweepsB

Get electrophysiology sweep records for a specific cell specimen from the Allen Cell Types Database.

get_ephys_featuresB

Retrieve electrophysiology features for all cells in the Allen Cell Types Database.

get_morphology_featuresC

Retrieve morphology features (neuron reconstruction metadata) for all cells in the Allen Cell Types Database.

download_cell_reconstructionA

Download the morphological reconstruction of a cell specimen as an SWC file to a local path.

download_cell_ephys_dataB

Download electrophysiology recordings for a cell specimen as an NWB file to a local path.

get_mouse_connectivity_experimentsB

Retrieve experiments from the Mouse Brain Connectivity Atlas.

get_atlasesC

Retrieve atlases available through the API (from OntologiesApi).

get_structure_graphsC

Retrieve structure graphs (from OntologiesApi).

get_structuresC

Retrieve data about anatomical structures (from OntologiesApi).

get_atlas_imagesC

List atlas images belonging to a specified atlas (from ImageDownloadApi).

get_section_imagesB

List section images belonging to a specified section data set (from ImageDownloadApi).

download_section_imageA

Download a 2D section image as a JPEG file to a local path. Supports downsampling, quality, and partial region extraction.

download_atlas_imageB

Download a 2D atlas image as a JPEG file to a local path.

download_svgA

Download SVG structure overlay for a section image to a local file.

get_grid_data_download_urlA

Returns the URL to download 3-D expression grid data for a section data set (does not download).

download_expression_grid_dataB

Download 3D expression grid data as a ZIP archive (metaimage format) containing energy, density, and/or intensity volumes.

download_projection_grid_dataB

Download 3D projection grid data in NRRD format for mouse connectivity experiments.

download_annotation_volumeB

Download a brain annotation volume in NRRD format from the Allen Common Coordinate Framework (CCF).

download_structure_meshA

Download a 3D brain structure mesh in Wavefront OBJ format.

get_section_data_sets_by_productB

List section data sets (experiments) produced as part of one or more Allen Institute products.

list_well_known_filesA

List downloadable files (WellKnownFiles) attached to any Allen resource such as a Product, Specimen, or SectionDataSet. Use this to discover transcriptomics matrices, reference data, or other bulk downloads.

download_well_known_fileA

Download any Allen Institute file by its WellKnownFile ID (obtain via list_well_known_files or execute_rma_query on the WellKnownFile model). Covers transcriptomics CSV matrices, NWB files, SWC reconstructions, and any other bulk download.

get_productsA

List all Allen Institute products (atlases, databases, and data collections). Useful for discovering product IDs needed by list_well_known_files and get_section_data_sets_by_product.

get_neuronal_modelsB

Fetch biophysically detailed model records (from BiophysicalApi/GlifApi).

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

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Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

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