QuickGO (Gene Ontology)

live Utility

QuickGO (EBI) MCP — Gene Ontology browser.

3 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

search_terms

QuickGO (EBI) — search Gene Ontology (GO) terms by keyword. Returns matching GO terms (id + name) for a free-text query like "apoptosis". Keyless.

No parameters required.

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get_term

QuickGO (EBI) — get a single Gene Ontology (GO) term by id. Returns its name, aspect (biological_process|molecular_function|cellular_component), definition, synonyms, and obsolete flag. Keyless.

No parameters required.

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gene_annotations

QuickGO (EBI) — list the Gene Ontology (GO) annotations for a gene/protein, identified by UniProt accession (e.g. "P04637"). Returns GO ids, names, aspect, evidence, and taxon. Keyless.

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/quickgo/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/quickgo/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_terms","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_terms", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("quickgo (ebi) mcp — gene ontology browser");