
Connects Claude to the VirtualFlyBrain knowledge base for Drosophila melanogaster neuroscience research. Exposes three main operations: get_term_info retrieves details about VFB identifiers, run_query executes predefined queries like PaintedDomains against neural data, and search_terms queries the Solr search server for brain anatomy terms. You'd reach for this when working with fly brain connectomics, gene expression patterns, or standardized neuroanatomy terminology. Available as a hosted HTTP service at vfb3-mcp.virtualflybrain.org, so no local installation needed. Also ships as a Node.js package and Docker image if you want to run it yourself.
This repository is archived and out of date. The VFB Model Context Protocol server is developed, released and supported at:
The hosted service is unchanged and needs no action on your side:
claude mcp add --transport http virtual-fly-brain https://vfb3-mcp.virtualflybrain.org
Configurations for Claude Desktop, GitHub Copilot, VS Code and Gemini are in the current README. Worked examples are in the VFB MCP tool guide.
This copy stopped at v1.3.0 (February 2026) and is kept only so that older links and commit history resolve. The setup instructions, tool list and source that were here are superseded — do not follow them, and please open issues and pull requests on the repository above.