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by helena-bioinformatics · remote · no sign-in to list tools · v1.0.5 · published by GitHub user helena-bioinformatics

Official answers about Helena Bioinformatics and its products, with citations to public sources.

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3 tools: 2 change things and 1 only read.

Scanned Oct 21, 2026

No check matched anything in the tool definitions. No finding is not a safety guarantee. How the checks work.

claude mcp add --transport http ask-helena https://api.helena.bio/ask/v1/mcp

Tools

Open a tool for its reasons and full description. Descriptions are the publisher's own words, shown as they are.

3 tools

Changes things 2Claude Code: ask
  • ask_public_knowledgeAnswer questions about Helena Bioinformatics and its products from approved public sources, with citations and explicit limits.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
    • The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Answer questions about Helena Bioinformatics and its products from approved public sources, with citations and explicit limits. May return evidence only.

    Annotations the server declares

    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: false
    • openWorldHint: false
    • readOnlyHint: true
  • support_helenaLearn how an agent can support or spread Helena's free public scientific infrastructure through the separate Helena Good MCP.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
    • The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Learn how an agent can support or spread Helena's free public scientific infrastructure through the separate Helena Good MCP. This is an explicit opt-in information action. It does not initiate payment, create a relay, or change Ask Helena evidence or answers.

    Annotations the server declares

    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
    • readOnlyHint: true
Only reads 1Claude Code: allow
  • search_public_knowledgeSearch the approved public pages of Helena Bioinformatics and its products.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "search_public_knowledge" says "search": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Search the approved public pages of Helena Bioinformatics and its products. Return source-cited evidence.

    Annotations the server declares

    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
    • readOnlyHint: true

This is not a safety rating, and no finding is not a safety guarantee. The groups and findings come from fixed checks of the tool definitions the server returned on the date shown, not from its code or what it does when called. How the checks work.

Install

Pinned to version 1.0.5. Values in angle brackets are yours to fill in.

claude mcp add --transport http ask-helena https://api.helena.bio/ask/v1/mcp

Run in a terminal.

Claude Code permissions

Allow the reads, ask before a change, deny the deletes. Paste into .claude/settings.json.

.claude/settings.json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__ask-helena__search_public_knowledge"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__ask-helena__ask_public_knowledge",
      "mcp__ask-helena__support_helena"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}

Tools that only read are allowed, tools that change things ask first, tools that delete or cancel are denied. It assumes the server is installed as ask-helena. Review it before you use it.