DICOMweb MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 50 installs a week from npm. Last commit 19 Oct 2026.
MCP server exposing a DICOMweb DICOM archive to AI assistants via QIDO-RS and WADO-RS.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add dicomweb-mcp-server -e 'DICOMWEB_HOST=<DICOMWEB_HOST>' -- npx -y dicomweb-mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"dicomweb-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"dicomweb-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"DICOMWEB_HOST": "<DICOMWEB_HOST>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.dicomweb-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "dicomweb-mcp-server"]
env = { DICOMWEB_HOST = "<DICOMWEB_HOST>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"dicomweb-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"dicomweb-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"DICOMWEB_HOST": "<DICOMWEB_HOST>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"dicomweb-mcp-server": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"dicomweb-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"DICOMWEB_HOST": "<DICOMWEB_HOST>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<DICOMWEB_HOST> (Base URL of the DICOMweb server (used for both QIDO-RS and WADO-RS requests)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
DICOMWEB_AUTH (Authentication type: 'basic' or 'bearer'. Omit for unauthenticated access), DICOMWEB_USER (Username for Basic authentication. Required when DICOMWEB_AUTH=basic), DICOMWEB_PASS (Password for Basic authentication. Required when DICOMWEB_AUTH=basic), DICOMWEB_TOKEN (Bearer token for authentication. Required when DICOMWEB_AUTH=bearer), DICOMWEB_TIMEOUT (Fetch request timeout in milliseconds. Omit to disable timeout).
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