Is io.github.cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server up? Live MCP status
Yes, it is up. It answered an MCP server/discover with no credential and negotiated protocol 2026-07-28.
A stock client connected with no credential and negotiated 2026-07-28. Use it.
| Outcome | usable |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Protocol version | 2026-07-28 |
| Server says it is | openfda-mcp-server 0.8.0 |
| Answered in | 88 ms |
| Endpoint checked | https://openfda.caseyjhand.com/mcp |
| Checked |
One MCP handshake with the listed endpoint (server/discover at 2026-07-28, then initialize for a server on the older revision), with no credential and no retry, identifying itself as agentwares-mcp-liveness/0.1 (+https://agentwares-agentcheck.vercel.app/bot). It runs when this page is requested and the result is reused for 10 minutes, so the time above is when it was taken.
Live status every few hours: Wellknown
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Monthly census, 6 October 2026
The census sends the same request to every remote listing in the official registry once a month. On 6 October 2026 this one answered a stock client with no credential. Every listing’s result: index.ndjson (what the files hold: index.meta.json).
Agent discovery documents at this origin
| A2A agent card | Not published (HTTP 404)./.well-known/agent-card.json |
|---|---|
| MCP server card (SEP-2127) | Not published (HTTP 404).https://openfda.caseyjhand.com/mcp/server-card |
| MCP server card (SEP-1649 location) | Not published (HTTP 404)./.well-known/mcp/server-card.json — SEP-1649, a draft superseded by SEP-2127 on 21 January 2026 |
| Web Bot Auth key directory | Not published (HTTP 404)./.well-known/http-message-signatures-directory |
Read at https://openfda.caseyjhand.com with the monthly census on 9 October 2026: one GET each, no credential, never a signed request. A2A against v1.0.1, the server card against the MCP Server Card schema (SEP-2127), the card at SEP-1649’s location against the shape it has, the key directory against the Web Bot Auth draft of 1 September 2026. Who publishes them.
Tool changes between snapshots
In the 2026-10 snapshot it listed 14 tools: openfda_count_values, openfda_dataframe_describe, openfda_dataframe_query, openfda_describe_fields, openfda_drug_profile, openfda_get_drug_label, openfda_lookup_ndc, openfda_search_adverse_events, openfda_search_animal_events, openfda_search_device_clearances, openfda_search_drug_approvals, openfda_search_drug_shortages, openfda_search_recalls, openfda_search_tobacco_reports.
Its tools changed between 2026-09 and 2026-10:
openfda_count_values: input schema, output schema changedopenfda_dataframe_describe: input schema changedopenfda_dataframe_query: input schema, output schema changedopenfda_describe_fields: output schema changedopenfda_drug_profile: output schema changedopenfda_get_drug_label: input schema, output schema changedopenfda_lookup_ndc: description, input schema, output schema changedopenfda_search_adverse_events: description, input schema, output schema changedopenfda_search_animal_events: description, input schema, output schema changedopenfda_search_device_clearances: description, input schema, output schema changedopenfda_search_drug_approvals: description, input schema, output schema changedopenfda_search_drug_shortages: description, input schema, output schema changedopenfda_search_recalls: description, input schema, output schema changedopenfda_search_tobacco_reports: description, input schema, output schema changed
Which tools were added or removed, and whose description or schemas changed, from content hashes in the monthly snapshots. Per tool, as JSON: /v1/drift.
The listing
| Registry name | io.github.cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server |
|---|---|
| Description | Query FDA data on drugs, food, devices, and recalls via openFDA. STDIO or Streamable HTTP. |
| Endpoint | https://openfda.caseyjhand.com/mcp |
| Publisher repository | https://github.com/cyanheads/openfda-mcp-server |
| Version | 0.8.0 |
| Listing updated |
Also
The full check by name, as JSON (on a 401 it also follows the OAuth discovery chain) · Watch it · Check another server · llms.txt