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gbif-biodiversity-mcp-server MCP Server

Name: gbif-biodiversity-mcp-server MCP Server
Author: cyanheads

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~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cyanheads-gbif-biodiversity-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/gbif-biodiversity-mcp-server@0.7.5"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "info",
        "GBIF_BASE_URL": "https://api.gbif.org/v1",
        "GBIF_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "10000",
        "GBIF_USER_AGENT": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

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Environment

Name	Required	Notes
MCP_LOG_LEVEL	No	Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').
GBIF_BASE_URL	No	Base 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_MS	No	Milliseconds a single GBIF API request may take before it is aborted. Aborted attempts fall to the service's retry policy.
GBIF_USER_AGENT	No	Sent 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.
MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE	No	Selects the HTTP transport.
MCP_HTTP_HOST	No	The hostname for the HTTP server.
MCP_HTTP_PORT	No	The port to run the HTTP server on.
MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH	No	The endpoint path for the MCP server.
MCP_AUTH_MODE	No	Authentication mode to use: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'.
MCP_LOG_LEVEL	No	Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').
GBIF_BASE_URL	No	Base 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_MS	No	Milliseconds a single GBIF API request may take before it is aborted. Aborted attempts fall to the service's retry policy.
GBIF_USER_AGENT	No	Sent 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.

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