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Claude.ai clinicaltrialsgov mcp server clinicaltrials_get_field_definitions

How to: Claude.ai clinicaltrialsgov mcp server clinicaltrials_get_field_definitions

client:Claude.ai transport:streamable-http tool:clinicaltrials_get_field_definitions

Add clinicaltrialsgov mcp server to Claude.ai

  1. 01

    Open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.

https://clinicaltrials.caseyjhand.com/mcp
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Claude.ai.

  2. 03

    Ask for something clinicaltrials_get_field_definitions does. Claude.ai lists the server's tools on connect and calls clinicaltrials_get_field_definitions itself — you do not invoke it by name.

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that clinicaltrialsgov mcp server's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.

Claude on the web takes a remote URL and completes OAuth in the browser. For a packaged server use Claude Desktop or Claude Code instead. Claude.ai docs

Set these first

clinicaltrialsgov mcp server will not start until these are set, so clinicaltrials_get_field_definitions never becomes available.

  • CT_API_BASE_URL
  • CT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS
  • CT_MAX_PAGE_SIZE
  • MCP_LOG_LEVEL

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 24 September 2026. It is what the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.