The full upstream README, mirrored here for reference. Install config, tool schemas, adoption signals, and an original overview live on the Epitaxy listing page.
mcp-name: xyz.crossgrain/epitaxy
Federal drug shortages and recalls, joined to the federal contracts that buy those drugs. One call, no signup.
What it claims: this government supplier has an active FDA shortage or recall. What it does not claim: that a specific contract supplies a specific drug. Federal contract descriptions average 47 characters and almost never name the drug, so we say so instead of pretending otherwise.
One row of the answer, shortened:
Remote, nothing to install:
Local, stdio:
Tools: get_data_freshness, list_drug_shortages, list_drug_recalls,
list_federal_drug_contracts, get_supplier_exposure.
| value | meaning |
|---|---|
exact | match on a shared identifier, here an NDC inside FDA data |
probable | normalized company name, or a drug name token in the contract text |
weak | anything softer, an indication only |
Matching on both company and drug at once is not promoted to
exact. Cross source joins are never exact, because FDA and
USAspending share no identifier. Anyone claiming otherwise has a
different source or is guessing.
Works forever, no key, no signup. Returns at most 20 rows, without the
evidence field, without weak matches, and with data delayed by 24
hours. Nothing is stored: no counters, no IP addresses. If a version
that old does not exist yet, you get the oldest one available, so the
free tier is never empty while data exists.
These two addresses are the same segment and both work permanently:
Later segments arrive as /devices/v1/..., /food/v1/... and so on. A
path whose segment is reserved but not live yet answers 404 with
segment_not_live, it never returns another segment's data. An address
that has been published is never withdrawn.
| plan | price | contents |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | 29 USD/mo | 10 000 calls |
| Pro | 99 USD/mo | 100 000 calls plus daily delta feed |
| x402 | 0.004 USD/call | USDC on Base, no signup |
| Bulk dump | 199 USD | one off, Stripe only |
Data is unvalidated and must not be used for medical decisions. This project is MIT licensed. Docs: https://drugs.crossgrain.xyz/docs