Medical
๐ ๐ - An MCP server that provides access to medical information, drug databases, and healthcare resources. Enables AI assistants to query medical data, drug interactions, and clinical guidelines.
What is Medical?
Medical is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that allows AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, and VS Code to ๐ ๐ - an mcp server that provides access to medical information, drug databases, and healthcare resources. enables ai assistants to query medical data, drug interactions, and clinical guidelines.
๐ ๐ - An MCP server that provides access to medical information, drug databases, and healthcare resources. Enables AI assistants to query medical data, drug interactions, and clinical guidelines.
This server falls under the Search & Data Extraction category on MCPgee, the world's largest MCP server directory with 33,000+ servers.
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Installation
Manual Installation
npx medicalConfiguration
Configuration Details
claude_desktop_config.json
Performance
Response Metrics
Resource Usage
How to Set Up and Use Medical
The Medical MCP server gives AI assistants direct access to a curated set of medical and pharmaceutical data sources, including the FDA drug database, PubMed's 30 million+ articles, WHO health statistics, RxNorm drug nomenclature, Google Scholar, and AAP clinical guidelines. It exposes 16 tools covering drug search, literature review, health statistics, and pediatric guidelines, enabling clinicians, researchers, and health-tech developers to query authoritative medical data through natural language without switching between multiple web portals. Results are cached at source-appropriate TTLs to balance freshness with performance.
Prerequisites
- Node.js 18 or later
- npm (bundled with Node.js)
- An MCP client such as Claude Desktop, VS Code, or Cursor
- Internet access to reach FDA, PubMed, WHO, RxNorm, and Google Scholar APIs
Install the medical-mcp package
Install globally via npm so the binary is on your PATH and available to the MCP client.
npm install -g medical-mcpVerify the installation
Confirm the package installed correctly by checking its version.
npx medical-mcp --versionConfigure your MCP client
Add the medical-mcp server to your MCP client config. No API keys are required โ the server queries public endpoints. Cache settings can be tuned via environment variables if needed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"medical": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "medical-mcp"],
"env": {
"CACHE_ENABLED": "true",
"CACHE_MAX_SIZE": "1000"
}
}
}
}Restart your MCP client
Fully quit and relaunch your MCP client (e.g., Claude Desktop) so it picks up the new server entry from the config file.
Test with a drug search
Ask your AI assistant to search for a drug. This exercises the 'search-drugs' tool against the FDA database and confirms end-to-end connectivity.
Medical Examples
Client configuration
Claude Desktop config for the Medical MCP server using npx with default cache settings.
{
"mcpServers": {
"medical": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "medical-mcp"],
"env": {
"CACHE_ENABLED": "true",
"CACHE_MAX_SIZE": "1000",
"CACHE_TTL_FDA": "86400",
"CACHE_TTL_PUBMED": "3600"
}
}
}
}Prompts to try
Example queries that exercise the medical data tools.
- "Search for FDA drug information on metformin and list its approved indications."
- "Are there any known drug interactions between warfarin and aspirin?"
- "Find the 5 most recent PubMed articles on CRISPR therapy for sickle cell disease."
- "What are the WHO statistics on global childhood mortality rates?"
- "Search AAP guidelines for fever management in children under 2 years old."Troubleshooting Medical
Tool calls fail with network timeout errors
The server queries external APIs (FDA, PubMed, WHO). Check your internet connection and that these domains are not blocked by a firewall or proxy. Retry the query โ PubMed and Google Scholar can occasionally be slow to respond.
Cache returns stale data for rapidly-changing sources
Set CACHE_TTL_PUBMED to a shorter value (e.g., 1800 for 30 minutes) or disable caching entirely with CACHE_ENABLED=false in your MCP client env block. Note this increases latency for repeated queries.
'npx medical-mcp' reports command not found after global install
The npm global bin directory may not be on your PATH. Run 'npm config get prefix' to find the install location and add its bin/ subdirectory to PATH, or use 'npx -y medical-mcp' (with -y flag) in the MCP client args instead.
Frequently Asked Questions about Medical
What is Medical?
Medical is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that ๐ ๐ - an mcp server that provides access to medical information, drug databases, and healthcare resources. enables ai assistants to query medical data, drug interactions, and clinical guidelines. It connects AI assistants to external tools and data sources through a standardized interface.
How do I install Medical?
Follow the installation instructions on the Medical GitHub repository. Clone the repo, install dependencies, and add the server config to your AI client.
Which AI clients work with Medical?
Medical works with all major MCP-compatible AI clients including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code (GitHub Copilot), Windsurf, and Cline.
Is Medical free to use?
Yes, Medical is open source and available under the MIT License license. You can use it freely in both personal and commercial projects.
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