biopb-mcp 0.5.5

Performing image analysis by visiting biopb endpoints

biopb-mcp

biopb-mcp is the MCP component of the BioPB project

Installation - recommended

curl -fsSL https://biopb.org/install.sh | bash

Installation - alternative methods

These methods only install the mcp component without the rest of BioPB system.

Bundled Installers

Pre-built standalone installers are available from the Releases page. These include napari with the biopb-mcp plugin pre-installed—no Python setup required.

Platform	Download
Windows	biopb-mcp-windows.zip
macOS (Intel)	biopb-mcp-macos-intel.tar.gz
macOS (Apple Silicon)	biopb-mcp-macos-arm.tar.gz
Linux	biopb-mcp-linux.tar.gz

Usage:

• Windows: Extract the zip and run biopb-mcp.exe
• macOS: Extract and open biopb-mcp.app (right-click → "Open" to bypass Gatekeeper for unsigned apps)
• Linux: Extract and run ./biopb-mcp

Development Version

To install latest development version:

pip install git+https://github.com/biopb/biopb-mcp.git

Troubleshooting

For URL resolution, the auto-start fallback, and how to resolve startup failures (e.g. a port already in use on a shared node), see docs/troubleshooting.md.

Contributing

Contributions are very welcome. Tests can be run with tox, please ensure the coverage at least stays the same before you submit a pull request.

License

Distributed under the terms of the MIT license, "biopb-mcp" is free and open source software

Issues

If you encounter any problems, please file an issue along with a detailed description.