README.md

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title: biopython MCP Service
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sdk: docker
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license: mit

biopython MCP Service

This deployment package exposes core Biopython sequence-analysis capabilities as an MCP service using FastMCP.

Available Tools

• health_check
• parse_fasta_text
• translate_dna
• reverse_complement
• global_align
• compute_gc_fraction
• find_motif_positions

Local stdio (Claude Desktop / CLI)

cd biopython/mcp_output
MCP_TRANSPORT=stdio python start_mcp.py

You can also run the local stdio entry directly:

cd biopython/mcp_output/mcp_plugin
python main.py

HTTP MCP (Docker / HF Spaces)

This deployment uses FastMCP HTTP transport, with endpoint exposed at /mcp.

Local run:

MCP_TRANSPORT=http MCP_PORT=7860 python biopython/mcp_output/start_mcp.py

Docker run:

./run_docker.sh

Then connect MCP clients to:

• http://localhost:7860/mcp
• https://<your-space-host>/mcp