HealthChain vs Mygene Info

In-depth architectural comparison of the HealthChain and Mygene Info 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 HealthChain 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).
• Primary tools included: Typed FHIR resource tools, Machine-readable validation reports, FHIR terminology lookup.

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Choose Mygene Info 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	HealthChain healthchainai Biology & Bioinformatics	M Mygene Info Biology & Bioinformatics
Summary	Typed, validated FHIR tools for healthcare AI agents — build, read, validate, and code FHIR resources from a patient bundle, with terminology lookup and machine-readable validation reports built for fix-and-retry. pip install healthchain[mcp]	MyGene.info — gene annotation joining NCBI/Ensembl/UniProt/KEGG/OMIM
Category & Scope	Biology & Bioinformatics

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": {
    "healthchainai-healthchain": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "healthchain"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

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