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biomcp
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biomcp · Summary

BioMCP is a biomedical-focused MCP server that provides unified access to multiple biomedical data sources through a single command interface.

time · Summary

A comprehensive MCP server providing time and timezone conversion tools with automatic system timezone detection.

biomcp · Use cases

  • Researchers performing literature reviews and meta-analysis across multiple biomedical databases
  • Clinicians seeking information about gene variants, drug interactions, and disease associations
  • Biomedical developers building applications that need to query multiple biomedical APIs

time · Use cases

  • Assisting with international meeting scheduling across time zones
  • Providing real-time time information for location-based queries
  • Enabling time conversion for travel planning and itineraries

biomcp · Install

Binary install

curl -fsSL https://biomcp.org/install.sh | bash

PyPI tool install

uv tool install biomcp-cli
# or: pip install biomcp-cli

Claude Desktop extension

Install BioMCP from the Anthropic Directory in Claude Desktop.

MCP clients

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "biomcp": {
      "command": "biomcp",
      "args": ["serve"]
    }
  }
}

Remote HTTP server

biomcp serve-http --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8080

time · Install

Installation Options

**Using uv (recommended):**

uvx mcp-server-time

**Using PIP:**

pip install mcp-server-time
python -m mcp_server_time

**Configure for Claude Desktop:**

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "time": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-time"]
    }
  }
}
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