Rcsb Pdb MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping.
Look up protein structures and search the RCSB Protein Data Bank. No key required.
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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 mcp add rcsb-pdb-mcp -- npx -y rcsb-pdb-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"rcsb-pdb-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"rcsb-pdb-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.rcsb-pdb-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "rcsb-pdb-mcp"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"rcsb-pdb-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"rcsb-pdb-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"rcsb-pdb-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"rcsb-pdb-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
MCP server to search, inspect, and cross-reference RCSB Protein Data Bank structures
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