cbioportal 4 tools

MCP server exposing 4 tools for cbioportal.

Endpoint

This URL is a JSON-RPC 2.0 endpoint over HTTP. Issue POST requests with a JSON-RPC body. Browsers and search crawlers land here on GET.

POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/cbioportal/mcp
Content-Type: application/json

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}

Tools

• search_studies — Search public cancer genomics studies in cBioPortal (TCGA, CPTAC, MSK, etc.) by keyword. Matches study name, study id, or cancer-type id (case-insensitive). Returns study ids, names, cancer types, and sample counts. Keyless, open data.
• get_study — Get full details for one cBioPortal cancer study by its study id (e.g. "brca_tcga_pub", "glioma_mskcc_2019"), including description, cancer type, sample count, PMID, and citation.
• get_gene — Resolve a gene to its Entrez gene id and canonical info via cBioPortal. Accepts a HUGO symbol (e.g. "TP53", "BRCA1") or an Entrez gene id. Returns entrez_gene_id, symbol, and type.
• list_cancer_types — List cancer types defined in cBioPortal (id, display name, parent type). Useful for resolving cancer-type ids used by studies.

Full documentation

Code samples (curl / TypeScript / one-click client install), schemas, and the live playground are on the pack page:
https://pipeworx.io/packs/cbioportal/

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