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Helena Bioinformatics exposes Folklore as a remote MCP service for clients such as Codex and Cursor. Its tools retrieve supported germline-variant assessments, gene profiles and source-qualified literature. The documentation states the supported inputs and evidence limits; results require professional review and are not diagnosis or treatment advice. It does not accept private cases or raw genomes.

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Features

  • Public gene and variant evidence lookup
  • Remote MCP endpoint for AI clients

Use Cases

  • Review gene–disease associations in a research workflow

FAQ

Helena Bioinformatics exposes Folklore as a remote MCP service for clients such as Codex and Cursor. Its tools retrieve supported germline-variant assessments, gene profiles and source-qualified literature. The documentation states the supported inputs and evidence limits; results require professional review and are not diagnosis or treatment advice. It does not accept private cases or raw genomes. Core capabilities include: Public gene and variant evidence lookup, Remote MCP endpoint for AI clients.

Common scenarios include: Review gene–disease associations in a research workflow.

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