# SmartAPI MCP Server

> Use this tool when you need to integrate MCP-compatible clients with bioinformatics and life sciences APIs, enabling seamless discovery and interaction through standardized protocols. It solves problems of API discovery, compatibility, and integration, providing a standardized interface for clients to access registered APIs. The SmartAPI MCP Server takes in API registrations and client requests as inputs, and outputs standardized API interactions and responses.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/biothings-smartapi-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/biothings-smartapi-mcp

## Description

Enables integration between MCP-compatible clients and APIs registered in the SmartAPI registry, allowing seamless discovery and interaction with bioinformatics and life sciences APIs through standardized MCP protocols.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.68
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-01

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** api-integration
- **Updated:** 2026-09-01

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/nbk7hepmck)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/biothings/smartapi-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "biothings-smartapi-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/biothings-smartapi-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/biothings-smartapi-mcp/pull`

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