Complex Portal

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EBI Complex Portal MCP.

2 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

search_complexes

Search the EBI Complex Portal — a manually curated database of stable macromolecular protein complexes — by protein/complex name, gene, GO term, or biological process (e.g. "apoptosis", "SCF", "riboso

No parameters required.

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get_complex

Get a single Complex Portal record by its accession (e.g. CPX-7762). Returns the complex's participants (subunits) with UniProt identifiers, biological roles and stoichiometry, plus systematic name, f

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/complex-portal/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/complex-portal/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_complexes","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("search_complexes", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("ebi complex portal mcp");