Provide human-readable explanation of variant impact. Translates technical predictions into plain language. Perfect for: patient reports, non-technical summaries. Example:
AI agents call explain_variant_impact to retrieve information from AlphaGenome MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool reads and reformats existing variant impact predictions into plain language explanations. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute anything — it is purely a data presentation/translation layer. Misuse potential is low since it only surfaces pre-existing analysis in a readable format.
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Provide human-readable explanation of variant impact. Translates technical predictions into plain language. Perfect for: patient reports, non-technical summaries. Example:. It is categorised as a Read tool in the AlphaGenome MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the AlphaGenome MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for explain_variant_impact: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches AlphaGenome MCP Server. Nothing to install.
explain_variant_impact is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the explain_variant_impact rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for explain_variant_impact. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
explain_variant_impact is provided by the AlphaGenome MCP Server MCP server (taehojo/alphagenome-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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