# Open Targets MCP: Use Open Targets in Slack and Email

Source: https://maito.app/integrations/open-targets

Connect the Open Targets MCP server to Maito in one click, and your whole team can use it from Slack or email: “Which targets have the strongest evidence for Parkinson's disease?”

Open Targets is a platform for finding and ranking drug targets. Connect the Open Targets MCP server to Maito once, and everyone on your team can use Open Targets from Slack, by email, or from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, Grok or Muse. Nobody else has to sign in.

-   Connects in one click
-   No sign-in needed
-   One connection for the whole team
-   Server by [OpenTargets](https://www.opentargets.org/)

Updated October 21, 2026

## What you can ask with Open Targets

Requests to Maito

![Dana](https://maito.app/marketing-avatars/dana.webp)

Dana in Slack

Which targets have the strongest evidence for Parkinson's disease?

![Sam](https://maito.app/marketing-avatars/sam.webp)

Sam by email

What drugs are known to act on the IL-6 receptor?

Maito uses Open Targets to do the work and replies where you asked.

## How to connect Open Targets

Open Connections in your workspace and choose Connect next to Open Targets. It needs no separate sign-in: choose Connect and it's ready. Name the account and choose Workspace under who can use it. That's the only time anyone signs in: your whole team, shared chats and Loops can use Open Targets from then on. Or skip ahead and ask for the work: Maito sends you a link if Open Targets isn't connected yet.

## Questions

### What is the Open Targets MCP server URL?

OpenTargets publishes it at https://mcp.platform.opentargets.org/mcp, and it needs no sign-in.

### Can I use the Open Targets MCP server from Slack?

Yes. Connect it to Maito once, then mention Maito in any Slack channel or send it a direct message. The same connection works by email and from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, Grok or Muse.

### Does everyone on my team have to connect Open Targets?

No. One person connects it once and chooses Workspace. Then everyone in the workspace, shared chats and Loops can use Open Targets, without signing in themselves. Choose Only me instead to keep it to your own chats.

### Do I have to connect Open Targets before I ask?

No. If a request needs Open Targets and it isn't connected yet, your agent sends you a link. Connect it, and the work picks up where it stopped.

### Can I limit what Maito does in Open Targets?

Yes. After you connect, turn off any Open Targets tools you don't want Maito to use, such as the ones that change data. Tools Open Targets adds later stay off until you turn them on.

## Also in Life sciences and health

-   [PubMed PubMed is the main search index for biomedical and life sciences literature.](https://maito.app/integrations/pubmed)
-   [Clinical Trials Clinical Trials gives access to ClinicalTrials.gov data on studies, sites and results.](https://maito.app/integrations/clinical-trials)
-   [bioRxiv bioRxiv and medRxiv hold preprints in biology and medicine before peer review.](https://maito.app/integrations/biorxiv)
-   [ChEMBL ChEMBL is a database of bioactive molecules, drug targets and assay data.](https://maito.app/integrations/chembl)
-   [BioRender BioRender is a library and tool for making scientific figures.](https://maito.app/integrations/biorender)
-   [NPI Registry The NPI Registry lists US healthcare providers by their National Provider Identifier.](https://maito.app/integrations/npi-registry)

[See all integrations](https://maito.app/integrations)

## Put your AI employee to work.

Set it up in minutes. Connect Open Targets, then hand Maito the first job.

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