An MCP server for accessing NWB (Neurodata Without Borders) files, providing AI agents with easy access to neuroscience data.
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# NWB Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server An MCP server for accessing NWB (Neurodata Without Borders) files, providing AI agents easy access to neuroscience data. ## Features - 🚀 Rapid exploration of new datasets - 🗂️ Automatically-generated analysis reports - 🧠 Prompt templates instruct agents to get the most from the tools - 💡 "No Code" mode allows analysis without modifying the local filesystem - ⚡️ Uses [lazynwb](https://github.com/NeurodataWithoutBorders/lazynwb) for efficient data access across multiple NWB files - ☁️ Supports local and cloud data (e.g. on AWS S3) - 🔒 Read-only access to NWB data - 🛠️ Easy setup ## Requirements ### 1. uv [`uv`](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv#readme) is used to run the server with the required dependencies, in an isolated virtual environment. See the [uv installation guide](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/) for platform-specific instructions for a system-wide installation. Alternatively, install with pip in your system Python environment: ```sh pip install uv ``` > **🛈 Note** > > `uv`, like `pip`, is one of the few tools it makes sense to install "globally" to your system > Python, rather than in a virtual environment, since it is used to manage new virtual environments > and Python versions. ### 2. Copilot Chat extension Available on the [VS Code extensions marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.copilot-chat) (in Code Ocean, this [postInstall file](https://gist.github.com/tmchartrand/0c46bdec6a4205aa7ce7555fd8f4c3b5) should be used). > **🛈 Note** > > Similar agent extensions, such as Cline or Claude Code, should also be able to connect to the > server. ## Add server to Copilot Chat in VS Code  - ensure MCP is enabled in the settings UI, or with JSON setting `"chat.mcp.enabled": true` - the first startup may take a few seconds as it downloads packages > **🛈 Note** > > You may be prom…
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