studies_by_trait

Pack: gwas-catalog · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gwas-catalog/mcp

GWAS Catalog: find genome-wide association studies for a disease/trait (EFO trait, e.g. “asthma” or “type 2 diabetes”). Returns accession, PubMed ID, title, journal, date, sample size. Keyless, from EBI/NHGRI.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
traitstringyesDisease or trait name, e.g. “asthma”, “type 2 diabetes”.
limitnumbernoMax studies to return (default 10).

Example call

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gwas-catalog/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"studies_by_trait","arguments":{}}}'

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gwas-catalog": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gwas-catalog/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

Regenerated from source · build June 9, 2026