# plsdb-mcp

> Model Context Protocol server for interacting with the PLSDB (Plasmid Database) API

Record `plsdb-mcp` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/plsdb-mcp/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/plsdb-mcp
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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/plsdb-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: PLSDB MCP Team
- homepage: https://github.com/matthiasflo/PLSDBmcp
- repository: https://github.com/matthiasflo/PLSDBmcp
- version: 0.1.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:plsdb-mcp

### Description (declared)

PLSDB MCP Server

Model Context Protocol server for interacting with the PLSDB (Plasmid Database) API.
This server provides tools to search, filter, and retrieve plasmid data from PLSDB.

## Installation

### From PyPI (Recommended)

```bash
pip install plsdb-mcp
```

### From Source

```bash
git clone <repository-url>
cd PLSDBmcp
pip install -e .
```

## Usage

### Command Line

After installation, you can run the MCP server using:

```bash
plsdb-mcp
```

### MCP Configuration

Add this to your MCP configuration file:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "plsdb": {
      "command": "plsdb-mcp",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}
```

## Available Tools

The PLSDB MCP server provides the following tools:

### Plasmid Information
- **get_plasmid_summary**: Get plasmid summary information for a given NUCCORE_ACC

### FASTA Downloads
- **start_fasta_download**: Start preparing FASTA download for multiple plasmid accessions
- **get_fasta_download**: Get results from FASTA download job

### Sequence Search
- **start_sequence_search**: Start sequence search in PLSDB using various search methods
- **get_sequence_search_results**: Get results from sequence search job

### Filtering
- **filter_plasmids_by_nuccore**: Filter PLSDB plasmids based on nuccore attributes
- **filter_plasmids_by_biosample**: Filter PLSDB plasmids based on biosample attributes
- **filter_plasmids_by_taxonomy**: Filter PLSDB plasmids based on taxonomy attributes

## API Endpoints

The server connects to the PLSDB API at: `https://ccb-microbe.cs.uni-saarland.de/plsdb2025/api`

## Requirements

- Python 3.8 or higher
- mcp >= 1.0.0
- aiohttp >= 3.8.0

## Development

### Setup Development Environment

```bash
git clone <repository-url>
cd PLSDBmcp
pip install -e ".[dev]"
```

### Running Tests

```bash
python -m pytest
```

### Building Package

```bash
python -m build
```

## Claude integration

inlcude following in your Claude app:
```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "plsdb": {
      "command": "plsdb-mcp",
      …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.terminal (0.825, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.791, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/plsdb-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T10:23:16.182Z)

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