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io.github.nickzren/opentargets

PYPI · OPENTARGETS-MCP · SCANNED SEP 22

Open Targets MCP server for targets, diseases, drugs, variants, and evidence

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+25 this week 49 Trust /100
Trust breakdown (7 categories)

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →

Supply Chain Security50
  • Malware scan not yet available for this package.Unverified
  • No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
  • Runs setuptools.build_meta at install time, a recognised native-build step with no shell scripting around it. View diagnostics → Pass
  • 2 of 30 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency45
Schema Quality & AI Usability60
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).Partial
  • Tool/resource definitions use about 3200 tokens (~47/item across 68 items; 68 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management0
  • Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
Tool Coverage71
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 0% of tool parameters carry a description.Fail
  • Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety75
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • 0 of 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation; "graphql_batch_query" implies "execute" and declares readOnlyHint instead, contradicting what its own name says it does. See how to fix → Fail
  • An AI judge read all 69 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
  • Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass

Unverified: 1 category

A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.

Install

How do I install the io.github.nickzren/opentargets MCP server?

io.github.nickzren/opentargets runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx opentargets-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

pypi · opentargets-mcp

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add nickzren-opentargets -- uvx opentargets-mcp
// .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nickzren-opentargets": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "opentargets-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
// .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "nickzren-opentargets": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "opentargets-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Codex CLI
codex mcp add nickzren-opentargets -- uvx opentargets-mcp
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "nickzren-opentargets": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "opentargets-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add nickzren-opentargets --command uvx --arg opentargets-mcp
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  nickzren-opentargets:
    command: "uvx"
    args: ["opentargets-mcp"]
// ~/.netclaw/config/netclaw.json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "nickzren-opentargets": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "uvx",
      "Arguments": [
        "opentargets-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Vellum
assistant mcp add nickzren-opentargets -t stdio -c uvx -a opentargets-mcp
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nickzren-opentargets": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "opentargets-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Changelog

Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.

  • 22 Sept 26 −15
    • Malware scan: pass → unverified security
  • 21 Sept 26 +40
    • Injection markers: unverified → pass security
    • Malware scan: unverified → pass security
    • First check of Judged manipulation: pass security
    • Stability: Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window). security
    • Tool safety: Tool safety not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the tool definitions this version of the package serves yet. security
    • Stability: Stability not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet. security
    • Security disclosure: fail → unverified functional
    • Tool coverage: unverified → 100 functional
    • MCP protocol: unverified → pass functional
    • First check of Tool coverage: 0 functional
    • First check of Schema quality: fail functional
    • First check of Schema quality: fair functional
    • First check of Destructive annotations: 0 functional
    • First check of Schema quality: pass functional
    • First check of Tool coverage: 100 functional
    • Capabilities: Protocol version not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP handshake this version of the package performs yet. functional
    • Tool coverage: Tool coverage not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the tool definitions this version of the package serves yet. functional
    • Schema quality: Schema quality not yet verified: we do not have a sandbox capture of the MCP schema this version of the package serves yet. functional
    • Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.6.0 functional
  • 13 Sept 26 −15
    • Malware scan: pass → unverified security
  • 12 Sept 26 +15
    • Malware scan: unverified → pass security
  • 9 Sept 26 0
    • Security disclosure: unverified → fail functional
  • 8 Sept 26 −15
    • Malware scan: pass → unverified security
    • Security disclosure: fail → unverified functional
  • 4 Sept 26 +15
    • Malware scan: unverified → pass security
  • 2 Sept 26 −15
    • Malware scan: pass → unverified security
Diagnostics

Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.

Captured 22 Sept 2026 · Analysed pypi/opentargets-mcp@0.6.0

Provenance No attestation

The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.

Result No attestation
Ecosystem pypi

Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →

Install scripts 1 script
Hook Tier Command
build_backend allowlisted setuptools.build_meta

Background: Why install scripts are a supply-chain risk →

Dependencies 30 packages
Packages resolved 30
Stale 2
Tree resolution Complete

Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →

MCP tools · 68 exposed · ~2,912 tokens

The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →

Tool Tokens
get_target_safety_information ~28

Retrieve documented safety liabilities for a target.

NameTypeReqDescription
ensembl_idstringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

get_target_subcellular_locations ~31

Return subcellular localisation annotations for a target.

NameTypeReqDescription
ensembl_idstringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

get_target_tep ~33

Fetch Target Enabling Package (TEP) information for a gene.

NameTypeReqDescription
ensembl_idstringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

get_target_tractability ~30

Return tractability assessments across modalities for a target.

NameTypeReqDescription
ensembl_idstringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

get_targets_batch ~26

Retrieve multiple targets in a single request.

NameTypeReqDescription
ensembl_idsarrayyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

get_variant_credible_sets ~50

List credible sets that include a specific variant.

NameTypeReqDescription
page_indexinteger
page_sizeinteger
study_types
variant_idstringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

get_variant_evidences ~53

Retrieve evidence strings linking a variant to targets or diseases.

NameTypeReqDescription
cursor
datasource_ids
fields
sizeinteger
variant_idstringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

get_variant_info ~32

Retrieve core metadata and functional annotations for a variant.

NameTypeReqDescription
fields
variant_idstringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

get_variant_intervals ~49

Retrieve enhancer-to-gene (E2G) predictions overlapping a variant.

NameTypeReqDescription
page_indexinteger
page_sizeinteger
variant_idstringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

get_variant_pharmacogenomics ~45

Retrieve pharmacogenomic annotations for a variant.

NameTypeReqDescription
page_indexinteger
page_sizeinteger
variant_idstringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

get_variant_protein_coordinates ~43

Retrieve protein-level consequences for a variant.

NameTypeReqDescription
page_indexinteger
page_sizeinteger
variant_idstringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

graphql_batch_query ~56

Execute one GraphQL query against many variable sets.

NameTypeReqDescription
key_field
max_concurrencyinteger
operation_name
query_stringstringyes
variables_listarrayyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

graphql_query ~40

ADVANCED: Execute a raw GraphQL query against Open Targets.

NameTypeReqDescription
operation_name
query_stringstringyes
variables

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

graphql_schema ~20

ADVANCED: Return the GraphQL schema in SDL format.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

NameTypeReqDescription
resultstringyes

No examples provided.

map_ids ~32

Map free-text terms to canonical Open Targets identifiers.

NameTypeReqDescription
entity_names
query_termsarrayyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

search_entities ~49

Search Open Targets entities and resolve synonyms to canonical IDs.

NameTypeReqDescription
entity_names
page_indexinteger
page_sizeinteger
query_stringstringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

search_facets ~52

Return facet counts to help filter search results.

NameTypeReqDescription
category_id
entity_names
page_indexinteger
page_sizeinteger
query_string

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

search_suggestions ~40

Return autocomplete suggestions for partially typed queries.

NameTypeReqDescription
entity_names
max_suggestionsinteger
query_prefixstringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the io.github.nickzren/opentargets MCP server?

io.github.nickzren/opentargets is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.nickzren/opentargets. Open Targets MCP server for targets, diseases, drugs, variants, and evidence. This page covers its PyPI package (opentargets-mcp).

Is the io.github.nickzren/opentargets MCP server safe to use?

io.github.nickzren/opentargets scores 49 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 22 September 2026. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

What tools does the io.github.nickzren/opentargets MCP server expose?

io.github.nickzren/opentargets exposes 68 tools: get_target_alternative_genes, get_target_associated_diseases, get_target_chemical_probes, get_target_class, get_target_depmap_essentiality, and 63 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 2,912 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Is the io.github.nickzren/opentargets MCP server still maintained?

io.github.nickzren/opentargets is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 22 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

What licence is the io.github.nickzren/opentargets MCP server under?

io.github.nickzren/opentargets declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.