Open Targets Plugin

Anthropic-packaged Claude Code plugin that wraps the official Open Targets MCP server, the canonical resource for target-disease associations and target-prioritisation scores in drug discovery.

Type	Claude Code Plugin (wraps a remote MCP server)
Supplier	Open Targets consortium (EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Sanger, GSK, Bristol Myers Squibb, …); plugin packaged by Anthropic
Availability	GA in the life-sciences marketplace; underlying MCP server tagged “experimental” — release 2026.03.1 (April 7, 2026)
Pricing	Free / OSS (Apache-2.0 server; Open Targets data CC0)
Capabilities	Read-only

How to install

• Claude Code — plugin marketplace:

  /plugin marketplace add anthropics/life-sciences
  /plugin install open-targets@life-sciences
  

• Claude Code / Desktop — direct MCP:

  claude mcp add --transport http open-targets https://mcp.platform.opentargets.org/mcp
  

What it does

• get_open_targets_graphql_schema — retrieve the live GraphQL schema
• get_type_dependencies
• query_open_targets_graphql — execute a GraphQL query
• batch_query_open_targets_graphql
• search_entities

Primary use cases: Target prioritisation, drug repurposing via target-disease evidence, mechanism and genetics lookup, building cross-evidence panels for a target shortlist.

Notes

Streamable HTTP transport, no auth. The bio-research umbrella plugin references Open Targets indirectly; this is the discrete first-party entry. Tagged experimental — schema may evolve.

Sources

• anthropics/life-sciences marketplace
• opentargets/open-targets-platform-mcp
• Open Targets blog: official MCP

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