Arca Life Sciences
Free, no-key search of PubMed, FDA drug and device records and ClinicalTrials.gov, with citations.
What it does
Arca Life Sciences is an MCP server, a connector that lets an AI assistant use it as a tool. It is hosted: an assistant connects to it over the internet, nothing to install.
No capability identified yet from its description.
Facts come from the Official MCP Registry, as declared by the publisher. Capabilities are matched automatically (low confidence). None of this is a test of the tool.
At a glance
How to connect
As declared in the Official MCP Registry · hosted endpoint tested by Electra Index 3h ago (live check)Hosted endpoint
https://app.arca.inc/api/public/mcpstreamable-http
In Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http arca-life-sciences https://app.arca.inc/api/public/mcp
MCP settings (Claude Desktop, Cursor and other MCP clients)
{
"mcpServers": {
"arca-life-sciences": {
"url": "https://app.arca.inc/api/public/mcp"
}
}
}Live check
Electra Index connected to the hosted endpoint 3h agoONLINE Arca Life Sciences answered an MCP connection on 06 Nov 2026 and introduced itself as arca-life-sciences 0.1.0 (MCP protocol 2025-06-18).
4 tools offered to AI assistants
search_medical· Hybrid keyword + semantic search over Arca's mirrored public-source corpus: FDA drug labels, Drugs@FDA approvals, complete response letters, warning letters, Orange Book, Purple Book, NDC, drug shortages, device 510(k)/PMA/registrations, MAsearch_papers· Ranked PubMed literature search: Arca's paper index fused with PubMed Best Match, with citation and open-access metadata from OpenAlex. Returns papers with title, authors, journal, year, DOI, PMID, abstract, citation count, and open-accessfetch_source_record· Read the full indexed text of one record from the public-source corpus by its recordId (returned by search_medical). Use after search when the excerpt is not enough.list_datasets· Describe the corpus this server searches: the source lanes search_medical accepts in sourceTypes, with the underlying mirrored datasets in each.
What "online" means: the server answered an MCP connection at the time of the check. It is not a guarantee of security, quality or continuous uptime. How we test: we open an MCP session and ask for the tool list, as an AI assistant would. We never run a tool and never send a key. Checked every few days. Method
Is this your server? Monitoring Pro: a check every 30 minutes and an email within the hour when it stops answering. Launch offer: $39.99 once, for life.
Facts & evidence
Each fact shows where it was seen and when.| Fact | Value | Evidence | Source | Last confirmed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosted endpoint | https://app.arca.inc/api/public/mcp | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 3h ago |
| Local install (package) | no | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 3h ago |
| Remote access (hosted) | yes | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 3h ago |
| Website | https://www.arca.inc/research | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 3h ago |
| Registry status | active | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 3h ago |
| Version | 0.1.0 | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 3h ago |
| MCP server | yes | DECLARED | SRC-001 Official MCP Registry | 3h ago |
Change history
- NEW06 Nov 2026first seen in the index
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How do I connect Arca Life Sciences?
Use the hosted endpoint https://app.arca.inc/api/public/mcp in your assistant's MCP settings. The exact settings are in "How to connect" above, as declared in the Official MCP Registry.
What tools does Arca Life Sciences offer?
When Electra Index connected on 06 Nov 2026, it listed 4 tools: search_medical, search_papers, fetch_source_record, list_datasets. The full list is in "Live check" above.
Is Arca Life Sciences online?
Yes. Its hosted endpoint answered an MCP connection from Electra Index 3h ago.