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Connect Talindrew to Continue

Talindrew's MCP server gives Continue a molecular biology toolkit: plasmid maps, restriction digests and gels, primer and CRISPR design, PubMed search, your saved sequences and lab notebook, and structure prediction. Works in agent mode.

IDEText and data resultsFrom Continue's documentation

Server URL

https://mcp.talindrew.com/mcp

Authentication: OAuth in your browser.

Set it up

  1. Add the YAML below to config.yaml or .continue/mcpServers/talindrew.yaml.
  2. Sign in when asked.

.continue/mcpServers/talindrew.yaml

mcpServers:
  - name: talindrew
    type: streamable-http
    url: https://mcp.talindrew.com/mcp

First things to ask

  • Use Talindrew to find the restriction sites in pUC19 and show me the map.
  • With Talindrew, design PCR primers for bases 100-600 of this sequence: <paste DNA>
  • Ask Talindrew for the melting temperature of CGTTGTAAAACGACGGCCAGTGAAT.
  • Search PubMed with Talindrew for recent Golden Gate assembly protocols.

Remove or sign in again

Delete the file or entry.

You can also disconnect any app from Talindrew itself under Settings → Connected apps.

Continue's documentation: docs.continue.dev

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Talindrew is a remote MCP server at https://mcp.talindrew.com/mcp. Continue connects to it over Streamable HTTP and signs in with OAuth; OAuth in your browser.

Continue shows Talindrew's results as text and data rather than interactive panels. Every result includes a link that opens it in the Talindrew app with the map, gel or tool ready.

Yes, to start. Connecting is free, and the sequence analysis, primer, CRISPR, literature and lab-notebook tools include 25 calls a week on the free plan; Plus ($9 a month, 7-day free trial) makes them unlimited. Structure prediction and FoldRx drug-discovery runs use the monthly allowance of a Pro or Max plan, exactly as in the app.

Try: "Use Talindrew to find the restriction sites in pUC19 and show me the map." or "Ask Talindrew for the melting temperature of CGTTGTAAAACGACGGCCAGTGAAT." Talindrew has 90 tools covering sequence analysis, digests and gels, primers, CRISPR guides, protein properties, cloning reactions in a workspace, PubMed and Europe PMC, NCBI Gene, Addgene, your saved sequences and notebook, and structure prediction.

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Free includes 25 tool calls a week; Plus ($9/month) makes them unlimited. Pro and Max add structure prediction and FoldRx.

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