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title: deepTools MCP Service
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license: mit
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# deepTools MCP Service

This deployment package exposes selected `deeptools` functionality through an MCP-compatible server built with `FastMCP`.

## Available Tools

- `health_check`
- `list_modules`
- `list_symbols`
- `call_function`
- `create_instance`
- `compute_ratio`
- `smart_label`
- `convert_colormap`

Detailed parameter docs and examples are available in `deepTools/mcp_output/README_MCP.md`.

## Local stdio usage

Use this mode for local MCP clients (for example Claude Desktop / CLI):

```bash
cd deepTools/mcp_output
python start_mcp.py
```

Or:

```bash
python mcp_plugin/main.py
```

## HTTP usage (Docker / hosted)

Run with HTTP transport:

```bash
cd deepTools/mcp_output
MCP_TRANSPORT=http MCP_PORT=7860 python start_mcp.py
```

Client connection endpoint:

`https://{host}/mcp`

## Docker deployment

Build and run:

```bash
./run_docker.sh
```

PowerShell:

```powershell
./run_docker.ps1
```

The Docker entry point is:

`python deepTools/mcp_output/start_mcp.py`