Ephys MCP Server

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Ephys runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 187 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 25 Sep 2026.

Read-only analysis of intracortical BCI recordings (NWB, DANDI, WAV): spikes, PSTHs, decoding, plots

Installs per day peak 62 · avg 28 · +30% w/w

a month agotoday

187

Installs / week

pypi · ephys-mcp

Stars

1 open issue

25 Sep 2026

Last commit

from GitHub

CC0-1.0

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Ephys every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add ephys-mcp -- uvx ephys-mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ephys-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ephys-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.ephys-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["ephys-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ephys-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ephys-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "ephys-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ephys-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Ephys — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Ephys?

Ephys runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package ephys-mcp was installed 187 times last week.

How do I connect Ephys?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls ephys-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Ephys?

The pypi package ephys-mcp was installed 187 times in the last week. Week over week that is +30%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Ephys open source?

Yes — it is published under the CC0-1.0 licence, written in Python, 1 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.