Biodiversity Model Context Protocol Server

Setup on Windows

• Python:
  • Install using the official installer. Remember to include into PATH.
• uv:
  • powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"
  • Note: installation with pip may cause problems with PATH.

Activate virtual environment:

.venv\Scripts\activate

Deactivate virtual environment:

deactivate

Install the server for Claude Desktop (check: does this run it in the background as well?):

mcp install server.py

Only run the server:

mcp run server.py

Run server with auto-reload:

python -m uvicorn server:mcp --reload

Run development server and Inspector. This requires Node & npx.

mcp dev server.py

See running processes:

Get-Process | Where-Object { $_.ProcessName -like "*mcp*" }

Stop running processes:

Get-Process | Where-Object { $_.ProcessName -like "*mcp*" } | Stop-Process -Force