openfda-mcp-server MCP Server

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

Tools observed. Pod connected on 2026-09-13 and the server listed 14 tools directly. Verified.

At a glance

Source code: Open repository

Package usage: 1,531 npm downloads in the last 30 days.

GitHub popularity: 4 stars on cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server, recorded 2026-09-14.

Status

Pod connected to openfda-mcp-server on 2026-09-13. It answered and listed its tools, responding in 796ms.

It identifies itself as openfda-mcp-server version 0.7.4, speaking sse. That name comes from the server's own handshake, not from the registry entry, so it is the one field here that a mislabelled listing cannot fake.

Tools

Pod observed 14 tools when it connected:

openfda_search_adverse_events
openfda_search_animal_events
openfda_search_drug_shortages
openfda_search_recalls
openfda_search_tobacco_reports
openfda_count_values
openfda_describe_fields
openfda_get_drug_label
openfda_search_drug_approvals
openfda_search_device_clearances
openfda_lookup_ndc
openfda_drug_profile
openfda_dataframe_describe
openfda_dataframe_query

Connect

Published as @cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server on npm. Runs locally.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openfda-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

A hosted endpoint at https://openfda.caseyjhand.com/mcp, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

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

Published as @cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server on npm. Runs locally.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openfda-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Firsthand observations

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  "query": "openfda-mcp-server",
  "limit": 5
}

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