Fhirhydrant vs Medplum MCP
A side-by-side look at the Fhirhydrant and Medplum MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Fhirhydrant for biology & bioinformatics work as a local process; choose Medplum MCP for biology & bioinformatics. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Fhirhydrant when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Biology & Bioinformatics domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You want tools like
terminology_lookup, code_search.
Choose Medplum MCP when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Biology & Bioinformatics domain.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Biology & Bioinformatics | Biology & Bioinformatics |
| Quality signal | 55/100 · Good | 41/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 18 | 2,760 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 2 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Fhirhydrant | View Medplum MCP |
Tools & capabilities
Fhirhydrant tools 2
terminology_lookupLooks up one LOINC or SNOMED CT codecode_searchSearches codes by text filter with paging support
Medplum MCP tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
Fhirhydrant
{
"mcpServers": {
"fhirhydrant": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"fhirhydrant"
]
}
}
}
Medplum MCP
No confirmed install command for Medplum MCP yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.