Ask Helena

Name: Ask Helena
Author: helena-bioinformatics

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Official answers about Helena Bioinformatics and its products, with citations to public sources.

by helena-bioinformaticshomepage ↗v1.0.5

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when	check	result	http	latency	detail
3 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	51 ms	server ask-helena ask-helena-mcp-1 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 3 tools
10 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	33 ms	server ask-helena ask-helena-mcp-1 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 3 tools
16 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	140 ms	server ask-helena ask-helena-mcp-1 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 3 tools
22 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	34 ms	server ask-helena ask-helena-mcp-1 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 3 tools
29 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	92 ms	server ask-helena ask-helena-mcp-1 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 3 tools
35 h ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	32 ms	server ask-helena ask-helena-mcp-1 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 3 tools
2 d ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	31 ms	server ask-helena ask-helena-mcp-1 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 3 tools
2 d ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	34 ms	server ask-helena ask-helena-mcp-1 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 3 tools
2 d ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	36 ms	server ask-helena ask-helena-mcp-1 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 3 tools
3 d ago	mcp initialize	ok	200	184 ms	server ask-helena ask-helena-mcp-1 · protocol 2025-06-18 · 3 tools

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search_public_knowledge — Search the approved public pages of Helena Bioinformatics and its products. Return source-cited evidence.
ask_public_knowledge — Answer questions about Helena Bioinformatics and its products from approved public sources, with citations and explicit limits. May return evidence only.
support_helena — Learn how an agent can support or spread Helena's free public scientific infrastructure through the separate Helena Good MCP. This is an explicit opt-in informa

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Official MCP Registryio.github.helena-bioinformatics/ask-helena

first seen 1 mo ago · fetched 3 d agoopen ↗

Field history (6 recent events)

1 mo ago · declared · summary → "Official answers about Helena Bioinformatics and its products, with citations to public sources."
1 mo ago · declared · description → "Official answers about Helena Bioinformatics and its products, with citations to public sources."
1 mo ago · declared · publisherName → "helena-bioinformatics"
1 mo ago · declared · homepageUrl → "https://www.helena.bio"
1 mo ago · declared · version → "1.0.5"
1 mo ago · declared · protocols → ["mcp"]

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