nwb-mcp-server 0.1.0

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NWB Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server

An MCP server for accessing NWB (Neurodata Without Borders) files, providing AI agents access to neuroscience data.

Features

• 🚀 Rapid exploration of new datasets.
• 🧠 Prompt templates instruct agents to get the most from the tools.
• 💡 "No Code" mode allows analysis without modifying the local filesystem.
• ⚡️ Uses lazynwb for efficient data access across multiple NWB files.
• ☁️ Supports local and cloud data (e.g. on AWS S3).
• 🔒 Read-only access to NWB data.
• 🛠️ Easy setup.

Requirements

uv is used to run the server with required dependencies.

See the uv installation guide for platform-specific instructions for a system-wide installation.

Alternatively, install with pip in your system Python environment:

pip install uv

Configure Copilot Chat

To make the server available in VS Code, create a configuration file at .vscode/mcp.json in your project's root directory.

Example .vscode/mcp.json

{
    "servers": {
        "nwb": { // the name Copilot will use to refer to this server: can be customized
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "nwb-mcp-server @ git+https://github.com/bjhardcastle/nwb-mcp-server", // will be distributed on PyPI soon
                "--root_dir", "data",       // local or cloud directory containing your NWB files
                "--glob_pattern", "*.nwb"   // pattern to match files (can be applied recursively with `**/*.nwb`)
            ]
        }
    }
}

! Check MCP is enabled in settings ! Update the --root_dir and --glob_pattern arguments to point to your NWB files. ! Screenshot of mcp.json with start buttons