Openfda MCP Server

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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 12 min ago.

claude mcp add openfda-mcp-server --transport http https://openfda.caseyjhand.com/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openfda-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://openfda.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.openfda-mcp-server]
url = "https://openfda.caseyjhand.com/mcp"

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openfda-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://openfda.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openfda-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://openfda.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: OPENFDA_API_KEY (Free API key from open.fda.gov — increases daily limit from 1K to 120K requests.), MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE (Must be set to 'http' for streamable HTTP transport.), MCP_HTTP_HOST (The hostname for the HTTP server.), MCP_HTTP_PORT (The port to run the HTTP server on.), MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH (The endpoint path for the MCP server.), MCP_AUTH_MODE (Authentication mode to use: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'.), OPENFDA_MIRROR_ENABLED (Serve exact-key lookups for drug/label, drug/ndc, drug/enforcement, and drug/drugsfda from a local bulk mirror instead of the API. Off by default; the initial harvest runs out-of-band via the mirror:init script.), OPENFDA_MIRROR_PATH (Directory holding one SQLite file per mirrored dataset.), OPENFDA_MIRROR_REFRESH_CRON (Cron expression for the in-process mirror refresh. HTTP transport only; stdio operators run mirror:refresh from the host. Requires the optional node-cron peer dependency.), OPENFDA_MIRROR_FALLBACK_LIVE (Fall back to the live API when the mirror is cold, missing the record, or failing. Disable to fail loudly instead.), OPENFDA_MIRROR_REFRESH_TIMEOUT_MS (Wall-clock budget for one scheduled refresh before it is aborted. Raise it for drug/label, the only multi-partition dataset.), OPENFDA_MIRROR_BASE_URL (Host serving the openFDA bulk download manifest. Override only to harvest from a private mirror of the dumps.), MCP_LOG_LEVEL (Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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