healthcare-mcp-public vs filesystem

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	healthcare-mcp-public by Cicatriiz	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
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Categories	healthcareAI / LLM ToolsDeveloper Tools	File SystemDeveloper ToolsProductivity
Language	JavaScript	TypeScript
Last commit	9 mo ago	this month

healthcare-mcp-public · Summary

Healthcare MCP Server provides AI assistants with access to authoritative medical data including FDA drugs, PubMed, clinical trials, and medical calculators.

filesystem · Summary

A feature-rich MCP server for filesystem operations with dynamic directory access control.

healthcare-mcp-public · Use cases

Medical professionals researching drug information and clinical trials
AI assistants providing patients with evidence-based health information
Healthcare applications needing integration with medical terminology databases
Researchers searching medical literature and pre-prints from multiple sources

filesystem · Use cases

Enable AI models to read and write project files during development
Allow Claude or other MCP clients to browse and analyze codebases
Provide secure sandboxed access to specific directories for content generation

healthcare-mcp-public · Install

Installation Options

1. DXT Extension (Recommended)

Download healthcare-mcp.dxt from this repository
Open with your compatible MCP client (such as Claude Desktop)
Follow the installation prompts

2. Via Smithery

npx -y @smithery/cli install @Cicatriiz/healthcare-mcp-public --client claude

3. npm Installation

npm install healthcare-mcp
npx healthcare-mcp

4. Manual Installation

git clone https://github.com/Cicatriiz/healthcare-mcp-public.git
cd healthcare-mcp-public/server
npm install
npm start

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to Claude Desktop config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "healthcare": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["healthcare-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

filesystem · Install

Installation

Using NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/allowed/dir,dst=/projects/allowed/dir",
        "mcp/filesystem",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code Extension

Click the installation buttons in the README to install directly in VS Code.

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