OpenFDA MCP Server

Item: OpenFDA MCP Server
Rating: 71
Author: M8ven

An MCP server that enables AI assistants to query U.S. FDA public datasets, including drug adverse events, labeling, recalls, approvals, shortages, NDC directory, and medical device regulatory information.

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// key findings

✅

No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.

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Open source with a license and README

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You'll be asked for 1 credential: FDA_API_KEY

These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.

// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

🔐 secretFDA_API_KEY— Optional API key — works without one (1k req/hr); set for 120k req/hr

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commit: 9d535b112cf32dd90d5e3742ab830ce9036d32c7

code hash: 579b0fa691651c9d983f077f5791886a619211a09f1f360590ae251d40d65a82

verified: 7/29/2026, 9:34:52 AM

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