Liftover MCP server

This MCP server provides a programmatic interface to the Broad Institute's Liftover tool, which is available at liftover.broadinstitute.org.

Local serverstdio

What is the Liftover MCP server?

Liftover MCP server is an MCP project maintained in the koido/liftover-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “This MCP server provides a programmatic interface to the Broad Institute's Liftover tool, which is available at liftover.broadinstitute.org”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using uv. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the Liftover MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "liftover": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "where you cloned the repo",
        "run",
        "server.py"
      ],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.