# propaths-mcp

> MCP server for the ProPaths verified protein-interactome API.

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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/propaths-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: ProPaths
- homepage: https://www.propaths.net/documentation
- repository: https://github.com/Tahsin-Kazi/propaths-mcp
- version: 0.1.1
- protocols: mcp
- tags: bioinformatics, interactome, mcp, propaths, protein
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:propaths-mcp

### Description (declared)

# propaths-mcp

An [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) server that exposes the **ProPaths**
verified protein-interactome as read-only tools for AI agents. It is a thin
client over the public ProPaths API (`https://www.propaths.net`), so every tool
returns exactly the API's JSON. No account, no API key.

ProPaths reads a protein's primary literature and returns a verified graph of
**typed, directed, mechanistic** interactions plus a pathway ontology. One
protein (ATXN3) is fully mapped today.

## Quickstart (Claude Desktop / any MCP client)

Add this to your MCP client config. `uvx` fetches and runs the server; nothing
to clone or install.

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

Then ask, e.g., *"search ProPaths for SCA3 and summarize its strongest
mechanistic interaction."* The agent will call `search_proteins` then
`get_protein`, and drill in with `get_interaction`.

Prefer the raw API? It is public and keyless:

```bash
curl https://www.propaths.net/api/protein/ATXN3
curl 'https://www.propaths.net/api/search?q=SCA3'
```

## Tools

| Tool | What it does |
|------|--------------|
| `search_proteins(q, limit=20)` | Find a protein by symbol, alias, or name (start here) |
| `get_protein(symbol)` | Compact interactome overview (the main entry point) |
| `get_interaction(interaction_id, query=None)` | One interaction's full mechanism + evidence |
| `get_interaction_between(a, b)` | The interaction(s) between two proteins, in one call |
| `list_interactions(symbol, kind=, type=, pathway=, min_evidence=, sort=, limit=)` | Filtered/sorted headline rows |
| `list_interaction_types()` | The controlled vocabulary (edge kinds, types, directions) + counts |
| `get_pathway(pathway_id)` | A pathway node with its lineage and member interactions |
| `get_pathway_tree()` | The full pathway scaffold (resolves pathway ids to names) |
| `get_highlights()` | The best-evidenced interactions |
| `export_netw…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- knowledge.knowledge-graph (0.791, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/propaths-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T10:24:07.403Z)

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