A side-by-side look at the Interpro and Togomcp MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Interpro for biology & bioinformatics work as a local process; choose Togomcp for biology & bioinformatics. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
search_entries, get_entry, entries_for_protein.NCBI_API_KEY.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | T Togomcp | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Biology & Bioinformatics | Biology & Bioinformatics |
| Quality signal | 53/100 · Good | 36/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | Not declared | API key required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | NCBI_API_KEY |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 19 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 3 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Interpro | View Togomcp |
search_entriesSearch InterPro for protein families, domains, repeats and functional sites by keyword (text search over entry names/accessions). InterPro is EBI's integrated protein-signature classification (Pfam, PROSITE, SMART, CDD, PANTHER, ...). Returns matching entries with accession (IPRxxxxxx), name, type…get_entryGet full details for a single InterPro entry by accession (e.g. "IPR000001"). Returns the entry name, type, a plain-text description, member-signature/protein counters, and associated GO terms (molecular function / biological process / cellular component). Use after search_entries or entries_for_pr…entries_for_proteinList all InterPro entries (families, domains, sites) found on a given UniProt protein, by UniProt accession (e.g. "P12345"). Returns each matching InterPro signature with accession, name and type. Useful to functionally annotate a protein. Complements UniProt/AlphaFold. Keyless.No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"interpro": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-interpro"
]
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for Togomcp yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.