Sense vs Folklore Clinical Variant Interpretation MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the Sense and Folklore Clinical Variant Interpretation MCP 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 Sense 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 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).

Explore Folklore Clinical Variant Interpretation MCP Details

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Sense Biology & Bioinformatics	Folklore Clinical Variant Interpretation MCP VerifiedBiology & Bioinformatics
Summary	Codebase understanding for AI coding agents — symbol graph, blast radius, semantic search.	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.
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": {
    "sense": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "sense"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

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