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askWheat MCP

v1.0.0

org.plantdatabases/askwheat

Wheat genes, Watkins pangenome, EMS mutants, expression, genotypes, germplasm and papers (WheatIS)

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Target client

run in your project directory

claude mcp add --transport http askwheat https://askwheat.plantdatabases.org/mcp

setup guides: Claude Code Claude Desktop Cursor VS Code Zed Windsurf Cline Gemini CLI Grok ChatGPT Claude.ai LangChain

Adds it for this project only. Append --scope user to make it available everywhere. Claude Code docs

search_data Read-only

search data

find_germplasm Read-only

find germplasm

data_sources

data sources

resolve_gene Read-only

resolve gene

gene_function

gene function

genes_in_region

genes in region

find_marker Read-only

find marker

wheat_homologues

wheat homologues

wheat_mutants

wheat mutants

wheat_variants_in_region

wheat variants in region

wheat_mutant_line

wheat mutant line

wheat_knockout_screen

wheat knockout screen

watkins_gene_presence

watkins gene presence

watkins_gene_accessions

watkins gene accessions

watkins_compare_groups

watkins compare groups

watkins_find_genes

watkins find genes

watkins_accession

watkins accession

watkins_phenotypes

watkins phenotypes

watkins_gene_trait

watkins gene trait

watkins_populations

watkins populations

watkins_population_phenotypes

watkins population phenotypes

watkins_trait_genes

watkins trait genes

watkins_nil_genes

watkins nil genes

watkins_gene_haplotypes

watkins gene haplotypes

watkins_haplotype_trait

watkins haplotype trait

watkins_lof_alleles

watkins lof alleles

watkins_accession_lof

watkins accession lof

expression_experiments

expression experiments

gene_expression

gene expression

expression_genes

expression genes

wheat_homoeologue_expression

wheat homoeologue expression

snp_lines

snp lines

snp_genotypes

snp genotypes

snp_compare_lines

snp compare lines

snp_haplotype_carriers

snp haplotype carriers

snp_markers

snp markers

snp_phenotypes

snp phenotypes

ozwheat_mtas

ozwheat mtas

ozwheat_lines

ozwheat lines

genebank_phenotypes

genebank phenotypes

brapi_germplasm_studies

brapi germplasm studies

brapi_observations

brapi observations

wheat_gene_catalogue

wheat gene catalogue

search_literature Read-only

search literature

get_paper Read-only

get paper

gene_pathways

gene pathways

pathway_genes

pathway genes

trait_hits

trait hits

wheat_gene_view

wheat gene view

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