# mcp-proto-okn

> MCP server for querying FRINK SPARKQL endpoints, a project by the NSF Prototype Open Knowledge Network (Proto-OKN) program.

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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-proto-okn/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/sbl-sdsc/mcp-proto-okn
- repository: https://github.com/sbl-sdsc/mcp-proto-okn
- version: 0.6.0
- license: BSD-3-Clause
- protocols: mcp
- tags: frink, knowledge, graphs, mcp, proto-okn, sparql
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-proto-okn

### Description (declared)

# MCP Proto-OKN Server

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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing seamless access to SPARQL endpoints with specialized support for the NSF-funded [Proto-OKN Project](https://www.proto-okn.net/) (Prototype Open Knowledge Network). This server enables querying the scientific knowledge graphs hosted on the [FRINK](https://frink.renci.org/) platform. In addition, third-party SPARQL endpoints can be queried.

## Natural Language Querying Across Knowledge Graphs with MCP

### [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50L-tKCoXJE)

### [Presentation](https://nebigdatahub.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MCP-Proto-OKN-Technical-Review.pdf)

## Features

- **🔗 FRINK Integration**: Automatic detection and documentation linking for FRINK-hosted knowledge graphs
- **🕸️ Proto-OKN Knowledge Graphs**: Optimized support for biomedical and scientific knowledge graphs, including:
    - 🧬 Biology & Health
    - 🌱 Environment
    - ⚖️ Justice
    - 🛠️ Technology & Manufacturing
- **⚙️ Flexible Configuration**: Support for both FRINK and custom SPARQL endpoints
- **📚 Automatic Documentation**: Registry links and metadata for Proto-OKN knowledge graphs
- **🌳 Ontology-driven Search Expansion**: Queries are automatically expanded using ontology hierarchies
- **🔗 Federated Query**: Prompts can query multiple endpoints

## Architecture

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sbl-sdsc/mcp-proto-okn/main/docs/images/mcp_architecture.png"
     alt="Tool Selector"
     width="600">

The MCP Server Proto-OKN acts as…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- knowledge.knowledge-graph (1, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-proto-okn/ (first seen 2026-09-10T03:18:49.883Z)

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