Cross-Species Comparative Genomics
SkillProductivityCross-Species Comparative Genomics - Compare genomes across species: Ensembl compara, alignment, gene trees, and NCBI taxonomy. Use this skill for comparative genomics tasks involving get info compara species sets get alignment region get genetree member symbol get taxonomy. Combines 4 tools from 2 SCP server(s).
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Discipline: Comparative Genomics | Tools Used: 4 | Servers: 2
Description
Compare genomes across species: Ensembl compara, alignment, gene trees, and NCBI taxonomy.
Tools Used
get_info_compara_species_setsfromensembl-server(streamable-http) -https://scp.intern-ai.org.cn/api/v1/mcp/12/Origene-Ensemblget_alignment_regionfromensembl-server(streamable-http) -https://scp.intern-ai.org.cn/api/v1/mcp/12/Origene-Ensemblget_genetree_member_symbolfromensembl-server(streamable-http) -https://scp.intern-ai.org.cn/api/v1/mcp/12/Origene-Ensemblget_taxonomyfromncbi-server(streamable-http) -https://scp.intern-ai.org.cn/api/v1/mcp/9/Origene-NCBI
Workflow
- Get compara species sets
- Get genomic alignment
- Get gene tree
- Get taxonomy info
Test Case
Input
{
"gene": "BRCA1",
"species": "homo_sapiens",
"region": "17:43044295-43125370"
}
Expected Steps
- Get compara species sets
- Get genomic alignment
- Get gene tree
- Get taxonomy info
Usage Example
Note: Replace
<YOUR_SCP_HUB_API_KEY>with your own SCP Hub API Key. You can obtain one from the SCP Platform.
import asyncio
import json
from mcp import ClientSession
from mcp.client.streamable_http import streamablehttp_client
from mcp.client.sse import sse_client
SERVERS = {
"ensembl-server": "https://scp.intern-ai.org.cn/api/v1/mcp/12/Origene-Ensembl",
"ncbi-server": "https://scp.intern-ai.org.cn/api/v1/mcp/9/Origene-NCBI"
}
async def connect(url, transport_type):
transport = streamablehttp_client(url=url, headers={"SCP-HUB-API-KEY": "<YOUR_SCP_HUB_API_KEY>"})
read, write, _ = await transport.__aenter__()
ctx = ClientSession(read, write)
session = await ctx.__aenter__()
await session.initialize()
return session, ctx, transport
def parse(result):
try:
if hasattr(result, 'content') and result.content:
c = result.content[0]
if hasattr(c, 'text'):
try: return json.loads(c.text)
except: return c.text
return str(result)
except: return str(result)
async def main():
# Connect to required servers
sessions = {}
sessions["ensembl-server"], _, _ = await connect("https://scp.intern-ai.org.cn/api/v1/mcp/12/Origene-Ensembl", "streamable-http")
sessions["ncbi-server"], _, _ = await connect("https://scp.intern-ai.org.cn/api/v1/mcp/9/Origene-NCBI", "streamable-http")
# Execute workflow steps
# Step 1: Get compara species sets
result_1 = await sessions["ensembl-server"].call_tool("get_info_compara_species_sets", arguments={})
data_1 = parse(result_1)
print(f"Step 1 result: {json.dumps(data_1, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)[:500]}")
# Step 2: Get genomic alignment
result_2 = await sessions["ensembl-server"].call_tool("get_alignment_region", arguments={})
data_2 = parse(result_2)
print(f"Step 2 result: {json.dumps(data_2, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)[:500]}")
# Step 3: Get gene tree
result_3 = await sessions["ensembl-server"].call_tool("get_genetree_member_symbol", arguments={})
data_3 = parse(result_3)
print(f"Step 3 result: {json.dumps(data_3, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)[:500]}")
# Step 4: Get taxonomy info
result_4 = await sessions["ncbi-server"].call_tool("get_taxonomy", arguments={})
data_4 = parse(result_4)
print(f"Step 4 result: {json.dumps(data_4, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)[:500]}")
# Cleanup
print("Workflow complete!")
if __name__ == "__main__":
asyncio.run(main())
Signals
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- 167
- Forks
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- Last commit
- Jun 2026
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- github.com/internscience/scp