MCP server

Ask Helena

io.github.helena-bioinformatics/ask-helena

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Official answers about Helena Bioinformatics and its products, with citations to public sources.

Website

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

Not verified

Status

Working at last check

Tools

3

Token cost

About 670 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http ask-helena https://api.helena.bio/ask/v1/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.ask-helena]
url = "https://api.helena.bio/ask/v1/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"ask-helena":{"httpUrl":"https://api.helena.bio/ask/v1/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"ask-helena":{"url":"https://api.helena.bio/ask/v1/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"ask-helena":{"type":"http","url":"https://api.helena.bio/ask/v1/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add ask-helena https://api.helena.bio/ask/v1/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"ask-helena","server_url":"https://api.helena.bio/ask/v1/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"ask-helena","server_url":"https://api.helena.bio/ask/v1/mcp"}

Tools

• ask_public_knowledge ~287 tokens
  Answer questions about Helena Bioinformatics and its products from approved public sources, with citations and explicit limits. May return evidence only.
• search_public_knowledge ~274 tokens
  Search the approved public pages of Helena Bioinformatics and its products. Return source-cited evidence.
• support_helena Moves money · ~109 tokens
  Learn how an agent can support or spread Helena's free public scientific infrastructure through the separate Helena Good MCP. This is an explicit opt-in information action. It does not initiate payment, create a relay, or change Ask Helena evidence or answers.

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