thesrc-mcp 0.5.0

MCP connector for The Source. Self-contained REST client for api.thesrc.ai.

thesrc-mcp (source-mcp)

MCP connector for The Source. Thin wrapper over source-sdk.

Install

pip install thesrc-mcp        # PyPI distribution name
# or: uvx thesrc-mcp          # run without installing

Console scripts source-mcp and thesrc-mcp are equivalent (same entrypoint).

Two tools:

• source_search — find an entity (Drug or Gene) by partial name
• source_ask — ask a structured question, get a full answer with authority chain

Configuration

Reads from environment:

Var	Default	Notes
SOURCE_API_URL	https://api.thesrc.ai	Override to http://localhost:8000 for local dev
SOURCE_API_TOKEN	—	API key (src_live_...) sent as X-API-Key, or JWT sent as Bearer
SOURCE_TIMEOUT	30	Per-request timeout, seconds

Run

source-mcp

The Claude Code / Claude Desktop config block:

{
  "source-mcp": {
    "command": "source-mcp",
    "env": {
      "SOURCE_API_URL": "https://api.thesrc.ai",
      "SOURCE_API_TOKEN": "src_live_..."
    }
  }
}

Claude Code install

See INSTALL_CLAUDE_CODE.md and the source plugin under plugins/source/.