About Oak MCP
Oak MCP is an MCP server published by monarch-initiative in the AI category: a model context protocol (MCP) to help agents interact with ontologies and the ontology access kit.
The repository has 5 stars and 2 forks, with the last commit a year ago. Six months or more without a commit doesn't mean the server is broken, but check the open issues before depending on it in production.
Install
git clone https://github.com/monarch-initiative/oak-mcpThis server has no ConduID identity, so agent calls to it are not receipted. Pin the version you install and review the source before granting it credentials.
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README
oak_mcp
A model context protocol (MCP) to help agents interact with ontologies and the ontology access kit
Quick Start
# Install dependencies and set up development environment
make dev
# Run the MCP server
make run-server
# Run tests
make test
Installation
Using uvx (Recommended)
# Install and run directly with uvx
uvx oak-mcp
Development Installation
# Install in development mode (includes dependencies)
make dev-install
Usage
Testing MCP Protocol
make test-mcp
Integration with AI Tools
Claude Desktop
Add this to your Claude Desktop configuration file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"oak-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"oak-mcp"
],
"env": {}
}
}
}
Claude Code
claude mcp add oak-mcp uvx oak-mcp
Goose
goose session --with-extension "uvx oak-mcp"
Development
# Full development setup
make dev
# Run tests
make test
# Check dependencies
make check-deps
# Clean build artifacts
make clean
License
BSD-3-Clause
README fetched from the repository 5 days ago. The original is authoritative.