INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

search_variant_literature

Resolve one public GRCh38 germline variant and retrieve relevant publications from Folklore's PubMed-derived genetics corpus.

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LIVE ENDPOINT

https://api.helena.bio/folklore/v1/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for search_variant_literature and invoke it with your own arguments.

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Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.folklore]
url = "https://api.helena.bio/folklore/v1/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "folklore": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.helena.bio/folklore/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: folklore
Remote MCP URL: https://api.helena.bio/folklore/v1/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "folklore": {
      "url": "https://api.helena.bio/folklore/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "folklore": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.helena.bio/folklore/v1/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "folklore",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://api.helena.bio/folklore/v1/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

search_variant_evidence — Interpret this variant, explain what this HGVS means, or review this VUS.
get_publication_details — Retrieve the complete public bibliographic record for one PMID from Folklore's PubMed-derived genetics corpus.
search_literature_corpus — Semantically search the public scientific Literature Corpus by a natural-language question.
support_helena — Learn how an agent can support or spread Helena's free public scientific infrastructure through the separate Helena Good MCP.
get_gene_disease_associations — Find diseases associated with one human gene for bioinformatics and clinical genomics research.
search_disease_genes — Find human genes associated with a disease for genomic analysis and rare-disease research.