A side-by-side look at the Togomcp and Uniprot MCP Server MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Togomcp for biology & bioinformatics work; choose Uniprot MCP Server for biology & bioinformatics as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
NCBI_API_KEY.uniprot_search_proteins, uniprot_get_entry, uniprot_map_ids.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | T Togomcp | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Biology & Bioinformatics | Biology & Bioinformatics |
| Quality signal | 29/100 · Emerging | 53/100 · Good |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | API key required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | NCBI_API_KEY | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 19 | 2 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 6 |
| Full listing | View Togomcp | View Uniprot MCP Server |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
uniprot_search_proteinsSearch UniProtKB by plain text or a Lucene field query, with the reviewed (Swiss-Prot) filter foregrounded and optional server-side facet counts. Cursor-paginated. The discovery entry point.uniprot_get_entryFetch full curated entries by accession in one batch (up to 20) — function, catalytic activity, disease, variants, isoforms, GO terms, cross-references. Partial-success output; an oversized record returns a section outline.uniprot_map_idsTranslate identifiers across databases via UniProt's async ID-mapping service — gene names, Ensembl, RefSeq, ChEMBL, PDB, GeneID ↔ UniProtKB accessions. Polls within a budget; running jobs return a ticket and completed pages return a continuation.uniprot_get_proteomeFetch a reference proteome by UPID or NCBI taxon ID — protein count, BUSCO completeness, genome assembly inline, plus an opt-in capped page of the proteins.uniprot_get_taxonomyResolve a taxonomy record by NCBI taxon ID or scientific name — name, rank, parent, full lineage, and optionally the immediate children.uniprot_get_sequenceFetch the canonical amino-acid sequence (FASTA) for an accession, with length and parsed header — and optionally the isoform sequences. The cheap sequence-only path.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.
No confirmed install command for Togomcp yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
{
"mcpServers": {
"uniprot-mcp-server": {
"command": "bunx",
"args": [
"@cyanheads/uniprot-mcp-server@latest"
]
}
}
}