What is the key difference between Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP and Vascue Public Knowledge Search?

Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP belongs to the Biology & Bioinformatics category with local stdio execution, while Vascue Public Knowledge Search belongs to the Biology & Bioinformatics category with local stdio execution.

How do I install Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP or Vascue Public Knowledge Search in Claude Desktop or Cursor?

Copy the mcpServers JSON configuration snippet provided on this page into your claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json file and restart your AI client.

Are Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP and Vascue Public Knowledge Search free or paid?

Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP operates under a Free / Open Source model (No auth required). Vascue Public Knowledge Search operates under a Free / Open Source model (No auth required).

Which MCP server has more tools and community activity?

Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP lists 6 tools with 4 views and 0 GitHub stars. Vascue Public Knowledge Search lists 1 tools with 0 views and 0 GitHub stars.

Can I use both Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP and Vascue Public Knowledge Search together in the same MCP host?

Yes! MCP hosts like Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, and VS Code support configuring multiple servers under the mcpServers object simultaneously.

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Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP VerifiedBiology & Bioinformatics	V Vascue Public Knowledge Search Biology & Bioinformatics
Summary	Official public, read-only Model Context Protocol server from Helena Bioinformatics for biomedical literature discovery. Agents can search PubMed and scholarly research, resolve PMID, DOI, and PMCID identifiers, inspect publication metadata, find related papers, traverse bounded citation graphs, explore semantic literature neighborhoods, and check corpus coverage. Use the hosted Streamable HTTP endpoint https://api.helena.bio/noodle/v1/mcp; no npm or npx package is required.	Search Vascue's public healthcare-ops, insurance-claims and booking docs. Public content only.
Category & Scope	Biology & Bioinformatics	Biology & Bioinformatics
Quality signal	76/100 (Great)	51/100 (Good)
Transport Protocol	Local Subprocess (stdio)	Local Subprocess (stdio)
Auth Requirement	No auth required	No auth required
Pricing Model	Free / Open Source	Free / Open Source
Required Env Vars	None required	None required
Compatible Clients	Claude DesktopCursorWindsurfClineVS Code	Claude DesktopCursorWindsurfClineVS Code
Install path signal	`npx · high`	`npx · high`
Engagement & Health	4 views 0 copies 0 upvotes 0 stars	0 views 0 copies 0 upvotes 0 stars
Verified / Official	Yes (Verified)	Community Listing
Open full listing	View Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP Listing	View Vascue Public Knowledge Search Listing

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP Configuration

mcpServers (Claude Desktop / Cursor)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "noodle-biomedical-literature-discovery-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "package"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Vascue Public Knowledge Search Configuration

mcpServers (Claude Desktop / Cursor)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vascue-public-knowledge-search-2": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP vs Vascue Public Knowledge Search

At a Glance & Executive Verdict

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP when:

Choose Vascue Public Knowledge Search when:

Feature & Specification Comparison

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Noodle Biomedical Literature Discovery MCP Tools (6)

Vascue Public Knowledge Search Tools (1)

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

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