Connect AI agents to the Bio Render MCP server

Vendor MCP2 toolsOAuth 2.1/DCRAIDesignSearch

The Bio Render MCP connector routes your AI agent's tool calls to Bio Render's own MCP server through Scalekit. Each user signs in to Bio Render once, and Scalekit stores and refreshes their tokens, so your agent never handles credentials. It comes with 2 tools.

Install the SDK
Section titled “Install the SDK”
- Node.js
- Python
Terminal window
1 npm install @scalekit-sdk/node dotenv
Terminal window
1 pip install scalekit-sdk-python python-dotenv
Full SDK reference: Node.js | Python
Set your credentials
Section titled “Set your credentials”

Add your Scalekit credentials to your .env file. Find values in app.scalekit.com > Developers > API Credentials.
.env
```
SCALEKIT_ENVIRONMENT_URL=<your-environment-url>
SCALEKIT_CLIENT_ID=<your-client-id>
SCALEKIT_CLIENT_SECRET=<your-client-secret>
```

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import { ScalekitClient } from '@scalekit-sdk/node'
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import 'dotenv/config'
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import { createInterface } from 'node:readline/promises'
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const scalekit = new ScalekitClient(
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  process.env.SCALEKIT_ENVIRONMENT_URL,
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  process.env.SCALEKIT_CLIENT_ID,
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  process.env.SCALEKIT_CLIENT_SECRET,
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)
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const actions = scalekit.actions
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const connector = 'biorendermcp'
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const identifier = 'user_123'
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// Generate an authorization link for the user
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const { link } = await actions.getAuthorizationLink({ connectionName: connector, identifier })
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console.log('Authorize Bio Render MCP:', link)
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const rl = createInterface({ input: process.stdin, output: process.stdout })
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await rl.question('Press Enter after authorizing...')
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rl.close()
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// Make your first call
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const result = await actions.executeTool({
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  connector,
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  identifier,
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  toolName: 'biorendermcp_search-icons',
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  toolInput: { query: 'YOUR_QUERY' },
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})
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console.log(result)

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npx tsx quickstart.mts

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import os
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from scalekit import ScalekitClient
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from dotenv import load_dotenv
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load_dotenv()
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scalekit_client = ScalekitClient(
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    env_url=os.getenv("SCALEKIT_ENVIRONMENT_URL"),
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    client_id=os.getenv("SCALEKIT_CLIENT_ID"),
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    client_secret=os.getenv("SCALEKIT_CLIENT_SECRET"),
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)
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actions = scalekit_client.actions
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connection_name = "biorendermcp"
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identifier = "user_123"
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# Generate an authorization link for the user
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link_response = actions.get_authorization_link(
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    connection_name=connection_name,
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    identifier=identifier,
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)
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print("Authorize Bio Render MCP:", link_response.link)
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input("Press Enter after authorizing...")
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# Make your first call
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result = actions.execute_tool(
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    tool_input={"query":"YOUR_QUERY"},
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    tool_name="biorendermcp_search-icons",
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    connection_name=connection_name,
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    identifier=identifier,
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)
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print(result)

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python quickstart.py

What you can do

Connect this agent connector to let your agent:

Search-templates records — Search BioRender’s scientific figure template library
Search-icons records — Search BioRender’s scientific icon library by keyword

Tool list

Use the exact tool names from the Tool list below when you call execute_tool. If you’re not sure which name to use, list the tools available for the current user first.

biorendermcp_search-icons#Search BioRender's scientific icon library by keyword. Returns icon names, asset types, and placeability status for use in figures.3 params

Search BioRender's scientific icon library by keyword. Returns icon names, asset types, and placeability status for use in figures.

NameTypeRequiredDescription

querystringrequiredNo description.

pagenumberoptionalNo description.

perPagenumberoptionalNo description.

biorendermcp_search-templates#Search BioRender's scientific figure template library. Returns templates with titles, descriptions, and preview links.4 params

Search BioRender's scientific figure template library. Returns templates with titles, descriptions, and preview links.