# brainkb

Remote MCP server for querying BrainKB neuroscience knowledge graphs. Helps AI assistants fetch scientific entities and relationships directly during conversations.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 6
- Author: sensein
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/sensein/BrainKB
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/brainkb

## What it does

This tool connects coding assistants to BrainKB, a knowledge base housing structured neuroscience graphs. Instead of reading through disparate publications, your assistant queries the graph directly. It fetches connected scientific concepts on demand.

The server operates over HTTP as a hosted endpoint. You do not need to clone the repository or configure a local runtime. The assistant connects straight to `https://mcp.brainkb.org/mcp`. Without outbound access to this URL, queries will fail immediately.

## Requirements
- Remote server: `https://mcp.brainkb.org/mcp`

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http brainkb https://mcp.brainkb.org/mcp
```

### Codex

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add brainkb --url https://mcp.brainkb.org/mcp
```

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "brainkb": {
            "url": "https://mcp.brainkb.org/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "brainkb": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.brainkb.org/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http brainkb https://mcp.brainkb.org/mcp
```

## When to use it
- query entities and connections in BrainKB knowledge graphs
- retrieve structured neuroscience research data via the assistant
- access the knowledge base without maintaining a local service

## Example prompts
- Search BrainKB for synaptic plasticity pathways and related structures
- Query the BrainKB graph for hippocampal cell types

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