# mcp-ontology-annotator

> MCP server for mapping biomedical text to standardized ontology terms

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/mcp-ontology-annotator/claim

## Declared
- version: 0.1.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-ontology-annotator

### Description (declared)

# MCP Ontology Annotator

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for mapping biomedical text to standardized ontology terms.

## Features

- **`annotate_ontology_terms`** — Map specific terms to ontology IDs via a multi-stage pipeline:
  1. Exact label match (OLS)
  2. Synonym match (OLS)
  3. Fuzzy search (OLS)
  4. BioPortal fallback (optional, requires API key)
- **`extract_and_annotate`** — Extract biomedical entities from free text using Claude, then annotate each entity.
- Supports domains: `disease`, `chemical`, `gene`, `phenotype`, `anatomy`, `organism`
- Configurable default ontologies per domain
- Retry with exponential back-off on API failures

## Requirements

- Python 3.10+
- [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) for dependency management

## Setup

```bash
# Clone the repo
git clone <repo-url>
cd mcp-ontology-annotator

# Create and activate virtual environment with uv
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate   # Linux/macOS
# .venv\Scripts\activate    # Windows

# Install the package and dependencies
uv pip install -e ".[dev]"    # includes dev/test dependencies
# or just the runtime:
uv pip install -e .
```

### Environment Variables

Copy `.env.example` to `.env` and fill in values:

```bash
cp .env.example .env
```

| Variable | Default | Required |
|---|---|---|
| `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` | — | For `extract_and_annotate` |
| `OLS_API_URL` | `https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/api` | No |
| `BIOPORTAL_API_KEY` | — | For BioPortal fallback |
| `BIOPORTAL_API_URL` | `https://data.bioontology.org` | No |
| `DEFAULT_DISEASE_ONTOLOGIES` | `mondo,doid,hp` | No |
| `DEFAULT_CHEMICAL_ONTOLOGIES` | `chebi,drugbank` | No |
| `DEFAULT_GENE_ONTOLOGIES` | `hgnc,ncbigene` | No |
| `DEFAULT_PHENOTYPE_ONTOLOGIES` | `hp,mp` | No |
| `DEFAULT_ANATOMY_ONTOLOGIES` | `uberon,fma` | No |
| `DEFAULT_ORGANISM_ONTOLOGIES` | `ncbitaxon` | No |

## Running the MCP Server

```bash
# After installing with uv pip install -e .
ontology-annotator
# or
python -m ontology_annotator.server
```

The server …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- knowledge.knowledge-graph (1, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.859, derived)
- dev.ci-cd (0.756, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-ontology-annotator/ (first seen 2026-09-10T02:24:26.592Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-ontology-annotator/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/mcp-ontology-annotator · ARD identifier urn:air::server:mcp-ontology-annotator