# Synthesize Bio MCP: Use Synthesize Bio in Slack and Email

Source: https://maito.app/integrations/synthesize-bio

Connect the Synthesize Bio MCP server to Maito with one sign-in, and your whole team can use it from Slack or email: “Generate expression profiles for lung tissue treated with dexamethasone.”

Synthesize Bio generates gene expression data from a virtual human model. Connect the Synthesize Bio MCP server to Maito once, and everyone on your team can use Synthesize Bio 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 Synthesize Bio
-   One connection for the whole team
-   Server by [Synthesize Bio](https://www.synthesize.bio/)

Updated October 21, 2026

## What you can ask with Synthesize Bio

Requests to Maito

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

Dana in Slack

Generate expression profiles for lung tissue treated with dexamethasone.

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

Sam by email

How does simulated TP53 expression differ between liver and colon samples?

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

## How to connect Synthesize Bio

Open Connections in your workspace and choose Connect next to Synthesize Bio. You sign in to Synthesize Bio 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 Synthesize Bio from then on. Or skip ahead and ask for the work: Maito sends you a link if Synthesize Bio isn't connected yet.

## Questions

### What is the Synthesize Bio MCP server URL?

Synthesize Bio publishes it at https://app.synthesize.bio/api/mcp, and it signs in with OAuth, so there's no key to copy.

### Can I use the Synthesize Bio 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 Synthesize Bio?

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

### Do I have to connect Synthesize Bio before I ask?

No. If a request needs Synthesize Bio 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 Synthesize Bio?

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

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## Put your AI employee to work.

Set it up in minutes. Connect Synthesize Bio, then hand Maito the first job.

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