# Synapse MCP: Use Synapse in Slack and Email

Source: https://maito.app/integrations/synapse

Connect the Synapse MCP server to Maito with one sign-in, and your whole team can use it from Slack or email: “Find Synapse projects with single-cell RNA data on Alzheimer's.”

Synapse from Sage Bionetworks holds shared scientific datasets. You can search them and read their metadata. Connect the Synapse MCP server to Maito once, and everyone on your team can use Synapse from Slack, by email, or from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, Grok or Muse. Nobody else has to sign in.

-   Connects in one click
-   Sign in with Synapse
-   One connection for the whole team
-   Server by [Sage Bionetworks](https://sagebionetworks.org/)

Updated October 21, 2026

## What you can ask with Synapse

Requests to Maito

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

Dana in Slack

Find Synapse projects with single-cell RNA data on Alzheimer's.

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

Sam by email

What files and data types are in the AMP-AD project?

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

## How to connect Synapse

Open Connections in your workspace and choose Connect next to Synapse. You sign in to Synapse in a new tab, and that's the whole setup. 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 Synapse from then on. Or skip ahead and ask for the work: Maito sends you a link if Synapse isn't connected yet.

## Questions

### What is the Synapse MCP server URL?

Sage Bionetworks publishes it at https://mcp.synapse.org/mcp, and it signs in with OAuth, so there's no key to copy.

### Can I use the Synapse 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 Synapse?

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

### Do I have to connect Synapse before I ask?

No. If a request needs Synapse 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 Synapse?

Yes. After you connect, turn off any Synapse tools you don't want Maito to use, such as the ones that change data. Tools Synapse 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 Synapse, then hand Maito the first job.

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