Folklore Clinical Variant Interpretation MCP vs Pdbe

In-depth architectural comparison of the Folklore Clinical Variant Interpretation MCP and Pdbe MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Folklore Clinical Variant Interpretation MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Biology & Bioinformatics domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Choose Pdbe when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Biology & Bioinformatics domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Folklore Clinical Variant Interpretation MCP VerifiedBiology & Bioinformatics	Pdbe Biology & Bioinformatics
Summary	A public, read-only remote MCP server for clinical variant evidence, ACMG and AMP evidence, variant literature, publication details, and semantic biomedical literature search. It uses public data only and does not provide diagnosis or patient-specific advice.	PDBe (Protein Data Bank in Europe, EBI) MCP.
Category & Scope

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "folklore-clinical-variant-interpretation-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "folklore-clinical-variant-interpretation-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pdbe": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pdbe"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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