# Gwas Mcp

> GWAS Catalog Model Context Protocol server, supporting natural language queries of associations, studies, and traits

- **Type:** MCP server
- **Install:** `agentstack add mcp-ebispot-gwas-mcp`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [EBISPOT](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/ebispot)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Integrations](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/integrations)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Upstream author:** [EBISPOT](https://github.com/EBISPOT)
- **Source:** https://github.com/EBISPOT/gwas-mcp
- **Website:** https://ebi.ac.uk/gwas/mcp

## Install

```sh
agentstack add mcp-ebispot-gwas-mcp
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# GWAS Catalog MCP

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets AI agents and agentic IDEs
query the [GWAS Catalog](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/gwas/) in plain language —
searching traits, studies, and variant–trait associations from published
genome-wide association studies.

You don't need to install anything. A hosted server is live at:

```
https://ebi.ac.uk/gwas/mcp
```

## Connect

### Claude Code

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http gwas-mcp https://ebi.ac.uk/gwas/mcp
```

Add `--scope user` to make it available in all your projects.

### Codex

Add this to `~/.codex/config.toml`:

```toml
[mcp_servers.gwas-mcp]
url = "https://ebi.ac.uk/gwas/mcp"
```

Any MCP client that supports remote (streamable HTTP) servers can connect using
the same URL.

## What you can ask

The server gives your agent three tools:

| Tool | What it finds |
|------|---------------|
| Traits | EFO traits (diseases, phenotypes) by name, gene, or publication |
| Studies | GWAS studies by trait, ancestry, gene, or accession |
| Associations | Variant–trait associations with statistics (p-value, odds ratio, …) |

It also exposes reference data (ancestry labels, cohort IDs, variant
consequences) that agents use to interpret results.

You don't call these directly — just ask your agent questions like:

- "What EFO trait covers type 2 diabetes?"
- "Find GWAS studies of type 2 diabetes in East Asian cohorts."
- "What variants are associated with LDL cholesterol near the *APOE* gene?"
- "Show the strongest associations for study accession GCST000001."

## Run it yourself

Most people should use the server hosted above.

The best way to test and develop the server locally is to run [MCP Inspector](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/inspector) in STDIO mode.

## License

Apache-2.0

## Source & license

This open-source MCP server is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [EBISPOT](https://github.com/EBISPOT)
- **Source:** [EBISPOT/gwas-mcp](https://github.com/EBISPOT/gwas-mcp)
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Homepage:** https://ebi.ac.uk/gwas/mcp

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/mcp-ebispot-gwas-mcp
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/ebispot
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