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mcp-hgnc

HGNC (HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee) MCP.

Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1683+ live data sources.

Tools

Tool

Description

get_gene

Exact lookup of an approved human gene by its official HGNC symbol — returns the full authoritative record: approved name, locus type, chromosomal location, alias/previous symbols, gene groups, and cross-references (Entrez, Ensembl, UniProt, OMIM, RefSeq, UCSC, CCDS). Use search_genes first if you only have a name fragment or aren't sure of the exact symbol. Keyless.

search_genes

Fuzzy search across approved symbols, names, and aliases — e.g. "breast cancer", "p53", "tumor protein". Returns lightweight matches (hgnc_id, symbol, relevance score) ranked by score; call get_gene with a returned symbol for the full record. Keyless.

resolve_xref

Reverse-lookup: map an external database id to its canonical HGNC gene. "What gene is Entrez 672?" -> BRCA1. Accepts entrez_id, ensembl_gene_id, uniprot_ids, omim_id, refseq_accession, or ucsc_id and returns the same full record as get_gene. Keyless.

Related MCP server: MyGene MCP Server

Quick Start

Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hgnc": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/hgnc/mcp"
    }
  }
}

What this endpoint actually serves

tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/hgnc/mcp returns the tools in the table above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx, discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and is the authoritative answer for a given day.

This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth, connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.

Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1683+ data sources. The only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx reaches all of them from either one.

No MCP client? Call it over HTTP

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/hgnc_get_gene \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"symbol":"BRCA1"}'

No account needed for the first calls. Inspect any tool: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/hgnc_get_gene. Find one: POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_packs with {"query":"..."}.

Standalone (no gateway account)

This package also runs as a local stdio MCP server — no Pipeworx account, no gateway round-trip:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hgnc": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-hgnc"]
    }
  }
}

Or run it directly to confirm it starts:

npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-hgnc

It speaks MCP over stdin/stdout and answers initialize/tools/list/tools/call for only this pack's tools — none of the shared meta-tools the gateway connection above adds. Same source, same tools, no ask_pipeworx routing.

Using with ask_pipeworx

Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:

ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Hgnc data" })

The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.

More

License

MIT

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