Gbif Biodiversity MCP server

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by cyanheads·io.github.cyanheads/gbif-biodiversity-mcp-server·v0.8.0·1 stars

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Search GBIF species taxonomy, occurrence records, datasets, and publishers.

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How Gbif Biodiversity compares

Against every graded Web search MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score: 93/100; higher than 95% of 3,470 Web search servers
Uptime: 100%; of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%
Response time: 236 ms; faster than 61% of 2,238 Web search servers
GitHub stars: 1; more than 55% of 1,786 Web search servers
Downloads a week: 730; more than 91% of 827 Web search servers with a package

Release history: 6 versions in the registry since 2026-08-25, latest 2026-11-01, typically one every 14 days.

Install Gbif Biodiversity in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

claude mcp add --transport http gbif-biodiversity-mcp-server https://gbif-biodiversity.caseyjhand.com/mcp

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What the publisher says

From the Gbif Biodiversity repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

@cyanheads/gbif-biodiversity-mcp-server Search GBIF species taxonomy, occurrence records, datasets, and publishers via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP. 13 Tools • 2 Resources

Public Hosted Server: https://gbif-biodiversity.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Overview

GBIF species taxonomy, occurrence records, datasets, and publishers. Match names to the backbone taxonomy, search 3.9B+ occurrence records with Darwin Core filters, and browse dataset and publisher metadata from any MCP client. Runs as a stdio process, a local Streamable HTTP server, or the public hosted endpoint above.

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Gbif Biodiversity: common questions

Is Gbif Biodiversity MCP server safe?: Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (93/100). Read the Gbif Biodiversity safety report
How do I install Gbif Biodiversity?: It runs remotely at gbif-biodiversity.caseyjhand.com. Add it to Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.
Does Gbif Biodiversity need an API key?: No secret keys are declared. It reads 15 settings from the environment.
Is Gbif Biodiversity maintained?: The last commit was 26 days ago (2026-10-09). The latest release is v0.8.0.
Is Gbif Biodiversity up?: 100% of our last 28 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.
What can I use instead of Gbif Biodiversity?: Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Minutes MCP server and Odoo MCP Pro MCP server.
How does Gbif Biodiversity compare with other Web search MCP servers?: safety score 93/100 (higher than 95% of 3,470 Web search servers); uptime 100% (of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%); response time 236 ms (faster than 61% of 2,238 Web search servers). Full comparison.

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Rating: —
Safety grade: A · 93/100
Stars: 1
Downloads/wk: 730
Price: Free
Licence: Apache-2.0
Transport: Remote · mixed
Uptime: 100% · 28/28 checks
Version: 0.8.0
Category: Web search
Last release: 2026-10-09

Credentials it needs

GBIF_CLAMP_READ_LIMITSClamp oversized read requests to their documented caps; false restores rejecting maxima.
MCP_LOG_LEVELSets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').
GBIF_BASE_URLBase URL every GBIF API request is built from. Override to route through a proxy or a mirror of the GBIF v1 API.
GBIF_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MSMilliseconds a single GBIF API request may take before it is aborted. Aborted attempts fall to the service's retry policy.
GBIF_USER_AGENTSent as the User-Agent header on every GBIF API request. GBIF asks integrators to identify themselves with a contact URL or email. Unset or blank sends the server name, version, and repository URL.
GBIF_CLAMP_READ_LIMITSClamp oversized read requests to their documented caps; false restores rejecting maxima.
MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPESelects the HTTP transport.
MCP_HTTP_HOSTThe hostname for the HTTP server.
MCP_HTTP_PORTThe port to run the HTTP server on.
MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATHThe endpoint path for the MCP server.
MCP_AUTH_MODEAuthentication mode to use: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'.
MCP_LOG_LEVELSets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').
GBIF_BASE_URLBase URL every GBIF API request is built from. Override to route through a proxy or a mirror of the GBIF v1 API.
GBIF_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MSMilliseconds a single GBIF API request may take before it is aborted. Aborted attempts fall to the service's retry policy.
GBIF_USER_AGENTSent as the User-Agent header on every GBIF API request. GBIF asks integrators to identify themselves with a contact URL or email. Unset or blank sends the server name, version, and repository URL.

Endpoint

https://gbif-biodiversity.caseyjhand.com/mcp

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