INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

get_hierarchy

Build a hierarchy tree for a VFB term, showing ancestors (parents) and/or descendants (children).

virtualflybrain.orgnone authenticationAvailability not checked

Input schema

{}

Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.vfb3-mcp-server]
url = "https://vfb3-mcp.virtualflybrain.org"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vfb3-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://vfb3-mcp.virtualflybrain.org"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: vfb3-mcp-server
Remote MCP URL: https://vfb3-mcp.virtualflybrain.org

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vfb3-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://vfb3-mcp.virtualflybrain.org"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "vfb3-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://vfb3-mcp.virtualflybrain.org"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "vfb3-mcp-server",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://vfb3-mcp.virtualflybrain.org"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

get_term_info — Get term info for a VFB or anatomy ontology entity (VFB_*, FBbt_*, etc.
run_query — Run a pre-computed query on a VFB entity.
search_terms — Search VFB terms (Solr).
resolve_entity — Resolve an unresolved FlyBase-related query string into VFB/FlyBase IDs and metadata.
resolve_combination — Resolve an unresolved split-GAL4 combination name or synonym into its FBco ID and component hemidrivers.
list_connectome_datasets — List available connectome datasets with their labels and symbols.
query_connectivity — Query synaptic connectivity between Drosophila neuron classes across ALL connectome datasets simultaneously for comparative connectomics.