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Myvariant MCP Server

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MyVariant.info MCP. Aggregated human genetic-variant annotation: dbSNP, ClinVar clinical…

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MyVariant.info MCP. Aggregated human genetic-variant annotation: dbSNP, ClinVar clinical…

Remote endpoints: streamable-http: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/myvariant/mcp

Security Report

7.6
Moderate7.6Low Risk

The MyVariant.info MCP server is a keyless, read-only wrapper around the public BioThings API at myvariant.info, with no hardcoded secrets, no shell execution, and no data exfiltration; its only network destinations are myvariant.info and the Pipeworx gateway metadata. Its permissions (outbound HTTP, stdio) match the genetic-variant lookup purpose, and the main observations are minor: the documented remote endpoint exposes roughly 30 shared gateway meta-tools beyond the pack's three, and the server has no auth, which is appropriate for a keyless public API. Supply chain analysis found 1 known vulnerability in dependencies (0 critical, 1 high severity).

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How to Install & Connect

Available as Local & Remote

This plugin can run on your machine or connect to a hosted endpoint. during install.

Documentation

View on GitHub

From the project's GitHub README.

mcp-myvariant

MyVariant.info MCP. Aggregated human genetic-variant annotation: dbSNP, ClinVar clinical significance, CADD/dbNSFP deleteriousness scores, gnomAD allele frequencies. Keyless BioThings API (sibling of MyGene.info). Docs: https://docs.myvariant.info/en/latest/

Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1800+ live data sources. This is an independent, unofficial integration — not affiliated with, endorsed by, or published by the upstream provider.

Tools

ToolDescription
querySearch aggregated human genetic-variant annotations on MyVariant.info. Accepts an rsID ("rs58991260") or a fielded query ("dbnsfp.genename:CDK2", "clinvar.rcv.clinical_significance:pathogenic"). A bare HGVS id does NOT match here — look one up with the variant tool instead. Each hit merges dbSNP, ClinVar clinical significance, CADD/dbNSFP deleteriousness scores, and gnomAD population allele frequencies. Returns { total, hits, assembly }; hit._id is the HGVS id you can pass to the variant tool, and its coordinates are in the assembly you asked for — hg19 unless you say otherwise.
variantGet the full merged annotation for a single human genetic variant by its HGVS id (e.g. "chr7:g.140453136A>T"). COORDINATES ARE hg19/GRCh37 BY DEFAULT — pass assembly "hg38" for GRCh38 positions, which is what gnomAD and Ensembl hand you. Returns annotations aggregated from dbSNP, ClinVar (pathogenicity / clinical significance), CADD and dbNSFP (deleteriousness/conservation scores), and gnomAD (population allele frequencies). Use to look up a known variant and read its pathogenicity and population frequency.
metadataReturns MyVariant.info build metadata: total indexed variant count, available annotation sources (dbSNP, ClinVar, CADD, dbNSFP, gnomAD), and their current release/build versions.

Quick Start

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

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

What this endpoint actually serves

tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/myvariant/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 1800+ 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/myvariant_query \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"query":"rs58991260"}'

No account needed for the first calls. Inspect any tool: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/myvariant_query. 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": {
    "myvariant": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-myvariant"]
    }
  }
}

Or run it directly to confirm it starts:

npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-myvariant

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 Myvariant data" })

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

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License

MIT

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