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Arca Life Sciences MCP

v0.1.0

inc.arca/life-sciences

Free, no-key search of PubMed, FDA drug and device records and ClinicalTrials.gov, with citations.

transport:streamable-http tools:4

Target client

run in your project directory

claude mcp add --transport http life-sciences https://app.arca.inc/api/public/mcp

setup guides: Claude Code Claude Desktop Cursor VS Code Zed Windsurf Cline Gemini CLI Grok ChatGPT Claude.ai LangChain

Adds it for this project only. Append --scope user to make it available everywhere. Claude Code docs

search_medical Read-only

search medical

search_papers Read-only

search papers

fetch_source_record Read-only

fetch source record

list_datasets Read-only

list datasets

All 4 tools, one page each

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. Check the server's own documentation before granting access.