A side-by-side look at the K01 Synthetic Health Data 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 K01 Synthetic Health Data for biology, medicine and bioinformatics work over a hosted endpoint; choose Medplum MCP for biology, medicine and bioinformatics. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
generate_synthetic_cohort, search_patients, get_patient_record.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics | Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics |
| Quality signal | 51/100 · Good | 41/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | — |
| 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 | 1 | 2,736 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 6 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View K01 Synthetic Health Data | View Medplum MCP |
generate_synthetic_cohortGenerate synthetic patient cohorts with demographic and clinical constraintssearch_patientsSearch a virtual patient database with advanced healthcare filtersget_patient_recordRetrieve a complete patient record with medication and condition summariesget_patient_medicationsGet detailed medication records with ATC codes and therapeutic indicationsget_patient_conditionsRetrieve patient conditions with ICD-10 codes and localized namescompare_fhir_versionsCompare the same patient data across FHIR R4 and R5No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
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.
{
"mcpServers": {
"k01-synthetic-health-data": {
"url": "https://mcp.k01.is/mcp"
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for Medplum MCP yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.