@cyanheads/paleobiology-mcp-server
by cyanheads
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTEL_ENABLED | No | Enable OpenTelemetry instrumentation (spans, metrics, completion logs). | false |
| MCP_AUTH_MODE | No | Auth mode: none, jwt, or oauth. | none |
| MCP_HTTP_PORT | No | Port for HTTP server. | 3010 |
| MCP_LOG_LEVEL | No | Log level (RFC 5424). | info |
| PBDB_BASE_URL | No | Paleobiology Database API base. Override for a mirror/proxy or pinned API version. | https://paleobiodb.org/data1.2 |
| PBDB_TIMEOUT_MS | No | Per-request timeout in milliseconds. Diversity queries over large clades can be slow. | 30000 |
| MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE | No | Transport: stdio or http. | stdio |
| CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE | No | Set to duckdb to enable the DataCanvas spill path and paleobiology_dataframe_* tools. | none |
| PBDB_MAX_OCCURRENCES | No | Hard cap on rows pulled per occurrence/collection call. | 1000 |
| PALEOBIOLOGY_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED | No | Register paleobiology_dataframe_drop. Absent from tools/list when unset. | false |
Capabilities
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Tools
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Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
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Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
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