@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 |
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