# Target Gene Discovery MCP

> Target Gene Discovery MCP is a paid API for AI agents from api.m2mcent.com, paid per call via x402, $0.3/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-17).

Discovers and analyzes target genes relevant to a given biological query or context using agentic processing

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.m2mcent.com/target-gene-discovery-mcp/api/process?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.3/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-17
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/target-gene-discovery-mcp-dbc6c265
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_sl3478yYOCTrwwTpA9M-r

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability target-gene-discovery-mcp-dbc6c265 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you discover the key target genes associated with type 2 diabetes that would be good candidates for therapeutic intervention?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to programmatically discover candidate target genes for a specific disease, pathway, or biological context as part of a drug discovery or genomics research workflow. Prefer this over general literature search tools when you need structured gene-level output suitable for downstream computational analysis.

## Known failure modes

- Vague or ambiguous biological query may return low-confidence or irrelevant gene results
- Missing or malformed 'data' field returns a validation error
- Payment failure via x402 protocol blocks the request
- Unknown disease or pathway name may yield empty results
- Rate limiting or server timeout if the underlying knowledge base is unavailable

## How this service works

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## Output

Returns a set of discovered target genes relevant to the input query, potentially including gene names, identifiers, associated diseases or pathways, and biological annotations supporting their candidacy as targets.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "success": true
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/target-gene-discovery-mcp-dbc6c265/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.m2mcent.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.m2mcent.com/llms.txt)