gbif-mcp

Enables AI assistants to query and retrieve biodiversity data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), including species, occurrences, datasets, and literature.

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// key findings

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Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 2 critical, 16 high

Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.

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You'll be asked for 1 credential: GBIF_PASSWORD

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.

configCACHE_CHECK_PERIOD

configCACHE_ENABLED

configCACHE_MAX_SIZE

configCACHE_TTL

configENABLE_AUTH

configENABLE_CACHE

configENABLE_METRICS

configENABLE_VALIDATION

configGBIF_BASE_URL

🔐 secretGBIF_PASSWORD— "": "your-password"

configGBIF_RETRY_ATTEMPTS

configGBIF_RETRY_DELAY

configGBIF_TIMEOUT

configGBIF_USERNAME— "": "your-username",

configGBIF_USER_AGENT— GBIF-MCP-Server/1.0.0

configLOG_FORMAT

configLOG_LEVEL— debug # Change log level

configLOG_MASK_SENSITIVE

configRATE_LIMIT_BACKOFF_MULTIPLIER

configRATE_LIMIT_CONCURRENT

configRATE_LIMIT_MAX_BACKOFF

configRATE_LIMIT_MAX_REQUESTS

configRESPONSE_ENABLE_SIZE_LOGGING— true # Log size metrics

configRESPONSE_ENABLE_TRUNCATION— true # Enable smart truncation

configRESPONSE_MAX_SIZE_KB— Maximum Response Size: 250KB (configurable via )

configRESPONSE_WARN_SIZE_KB— 200 # Warning threshold

configSERVER_DESCRIPTION

configSERVER_NAME

configSERVER_VERSION

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commit: 5988b3e0a5d232b1fe6bc176ea8fd79c97639f36

code hash: f4a310b7a47dfabfaed5b30f46e5f44f3fefaa6818afa814c5c5a69aa0fcec8c

verified: 6/22/2026, 1:05:38 PM

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