GBIF Biodiversity MCP Server
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Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOGS_DIR | No | Directory for log files (Node.js only) | <project-root>/logs |
| OTEL_ENABLED | No | Enable OpenTelemetry | false |
| GBIF_BASE_URL | No | GBIF API base URL override | https://api.gbif.org/v1 |
| MCP_AUTH_MODE | No | Authentication: none, jwt, or oauth | none |
| MCP_HTTP_PORT | No | HTTP server port | 3010 |
| MCP_LOG_LEVEL | No | Log level (debug, info, warning, error, etc.) | info |
| MCP_PUBLIC_URL | No | Public origin override for TLS-terminating reverse-proxy deployments | |
| MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE | No | Transport: stdio or http | stdio |
| STORAGE_PROVIDER_TYPE | No | Storage backend: in-memory, filesystem, supabase, cloudflare-kv/r2/d1 | in-memory |
| MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH | No | HTTP endpoint path where the MCP server is mounted | /mcp |
| GBIF_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS | No | HTTP request timeout in milliseconds | 10000 |
| MCP_GC_PRESSURE_INTERVAL_MS | No | Opt-in Bun-only forced-GC pressure loop (ms). Try 60000 if RSS grows under sustained HTTP load. | 0 |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No tools | |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
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No resources | |
This server cannot be deployed
Maintenance
ActivityMaintained
ResponsivenessWithin a week