Installation

pip

pip install pylipidparse

uv

uv add pylipidparse

MCP server (for Claude / AI assistants)

To use PyLipidParse as an MCP server with Claude Code or Claude Desktop, install the [mcp] extra. This requires Python 3.10+.

pip install "pylipidparse[mcp]"

Or run it directly without pre-installing via uvx:

uvx --from "pylipidparse[mcp]" pylipidparse-mcp

See the MCP Server & Claude Plugin page for full setup instructions.

From source

git clone https://github.com/MontgomeryBohde/PyLipidParse.git
cd PyLipidParse
pip install -e ".[dev]"

Dependencies

PyLipidParse requires:

• pygoslin (>=2.0.0) -- parses lipid shorthand notation into structured objects
• RDKit (>=2021.03) -- cheminformatics toolkit for molecule generation

Both are installed automatically via pip. The optional [mcp] extra additionally requires mcp (>=1.0.0) and Python 3.10+.