io.github.cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server

io.github.cyanheads/openfda-mcp-serverv0.9.1Other

Query FDA data on drugs, food, devices, and recalls via openFDA. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.

The current version, v0.9.1, was published to the official MCP registry on 2026-10-26. It is distributed as @cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server on npm and as a hosted remote over streamable-http, filed under Other by this index, and declares 15 environment variables. Removals and unreachable sources are measured across every server this index tracks, contract drift across the servers that answer in consecutive snapshots; the index's current counts put this record in context.

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Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method

REVIEWstatus: PARTIALfresh until 2026-11-06 01:59 UTC

screened 2026-10-04tier: scannedgranularity: description-levelsource: registry

Semantic screen found no manipulation pattern in the description. Conformance probe not yet run.

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evidence“No malicious instructions”via static_description

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- Semantic screen only - the deterministic conformance probe has not run on this server
- Confidence is reported but not yet calibrated (v1)
- Screen reads the tool description, not the live behavior
- advisory
- registry description only no input schema
- screen model 8b
- Still current: the description we screened is unchanged, re-checked against the registry
- The registry listing (version, packages, links) changed after this screen ran - the description we assessed did not

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Environment variables

OPENFDA_API_KEY

Free API key from open.fda.gov — increases daily limit from 1K to 120K requests.

CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE

DataCanvas staging, on by default: stage=true or a canvas_id on an openfda_search_* tool or openfda_lookup_ndc stages the matched records as a SQL table for the openfda_dataframe_* tools. The DuckDB binding ships with the server. Set to 'none' to disable.

OPENFDA_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED

Enable openfda_dataframe_drop, which deletes a table staged on a DataCanvas. Off by default; applies only when DataCanvas is enabled (CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE=duckdb).

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').

OPENFDA_API_KEY

Free API key from open.fda.gov — increases daily limit from 1K to 120K requests.

MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE

Selects the 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'.

CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE

OPENFDA_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED

Enable openfda_dataframe_drop, which deletes a table staged on a DataCanvas. Off by default; applies only when DataCanvas is enabled (CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE=duckdb).

OPENFDA_MIRROR_ENABLED

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').

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Install this server

Remote endpoint

Streamable HTTP / SSE endpoint. Add to any MCP client that supports remote servers.

https://openfda.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openfda-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "@cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENFDA_API_KEY": "<openfda_api_key>",
        "CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE": "duckdb",
        "OPENFDA_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED": "false",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_ENABLED": "false",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_PATH": "./data/openfda-mirror",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_REFRESH_CRON": "<openfda_mirror_refresh_cron>",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_FALLBACK_LIVE": "true",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_REFRESH_TIMEOUT_MS": "21600000",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_BASE_URL": "https://api.fda.gov",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "info",
        "MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE": "<mcp_transport_type>",
        "MCP_HTTP_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
        "MCP_HTTP_PORT": "3010",
        "MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH": "/mcp",
        "MCP_AUTH_MODE": "none"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openfda-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "@cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENFDA_API_KEY": "<openfda_api_key>",
        "CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE": "duckdb",
        "OPENFDA_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED": "false",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_ENABLED": "false",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_PATH": "./data/openfda-mirror",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_REFRESH_CRON": "<openfda_mirror_refresh_cron>",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_FALLBACK_LIVE": "true",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_REFRESH_TIMEOUT_MS": "21600000",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_BASE_URL": "https://api.fda.gov",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "info",
        "MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE": "<mcp_transport_type>",
        "MCP_HTTP_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
        "MCP_HTTP_PORT": "3010",
        "MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH": "/mcp",
        "MCP_AUTH_MODE": "none"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openfda-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "@cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENFDA_API_KEY": "<openfda_api_key>",
        "CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE": "duckdb",
        "OPENFDA_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED": "false",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_ENABLED": "false",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_PATH": "./data/openfda-mirror",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_REFRESH_CRON": "<openfda_mirror_refresh_cron>",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_FALLBACK_LIVE": "true",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_REFRESH_TIMEOUT_MS": "21600000",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_BASE_URL": "https://api.fda.gov",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "info",
        "MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE": "<mcp_transport_type>",
        "MCP_HTTP_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
        "MCP_HTTP_PORT": "3010",
        "MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH": "/mcp",
        "MCP_AUTH_MODE": "none"
      }
    }
  }
}

Zed (~/.config/zed/settings.json)

Merge into the context_servers block of your Zed settings.

{
  "context_servers": {
    "openfda-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "@cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENFDA_API_KEY": "<openfda_api_key>",
        "CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE": "duckdb",
        "OPENFDA_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED": "false",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_ENABLED": "false",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_PATH": "./data/openfda-mirror",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_REFRESH_CRON": "<openfda_mirror_refresh_cron>",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_FALLBACK_LIVE": "true",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_REFRESH_TIMEOUT_MS": "21600000",
        "OPENFDA_MIRROR_BASE_URL": "https://api.fda.gov",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "info",
        "MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE": "<mcp_transport_type>",
        "MCP_HTTP_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
        "MCP_HTTP_PORT": "3010",
        "MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH": "/mcp",
        "MCP_AUTH_MODE": "none"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code (claude mcp add)

claude mcp add --scope user openfda-mcp-server -- npx -y -- @cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server

Gemini CLI (gemini mcp add)

gemini mcp add -s user openfda-mcp-server npx -y -- @cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server

Verdict API

curl -s mcpindex.ai/api/v1/trust/server/io-github-cyanheads-openfda-mcp-server

Free-tier verdict as JSON: decision + dimensions + severity. Call it from your agent before it invokes a tool it just discovered.

Details

version: v0.9.1
category: Other
verdict expires: 2026-11-06
quality: 80 / 100
operator: cyanheads

Listing

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Provenance

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Links

Repository →

Remote endpoint

https://openfda.caseyjhand.com/mcp