Medical Terminologies MCP vs Uniprot MCP

In-depth architectural comparison of the Medical Terminologies MCP and Uniprot MCP MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Medical Terminologies MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: WHO_API_KEY, SNOWSTORM_URL, SNOWSTORM_AUTH.
• Primary tools included: icd11_search, icd11_lookup, icd11_hierarchy.

Explore Medical Terminologies MCP Details

Choose Uniprot MCP when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: UNIPROT_MCP_CACHE_DIR.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Medical Terminologies MCP SidneyBissoli Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics	Uniprot MCP smaniches Biology, Medicine and Bioinformatics
Summary	Unified MCP server for ICD-11 (WHO), LOINC, RxNorm, MeSH (NLM), ATC, CID-10 (Brazilian DataSUS), and optional SNOMED CT. 28 tools (34 with SNOMED) with structuredContent + outputSchema on every default tool. Hosted on Cloudflare Workers, listed on Smithery, and on npm.	Auditable UniProt MCP server: 41 tools over the UniProt knowledgebase (entries, features, variants, PTMs, GO terms, cross-references) with per-query SHA-256 provenance and offline replay. uvx uniprot-mcp-server
Category & Scope

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

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).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sidneybissoli-medical-terminologies-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "medical-terminologies-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WHO_API_KEY": "YOUR_WHO_API_KEY_HERE",
        "SNOWSTORM_URL": "YOUR_SNOWSTORM_URL_HERE",
        "SNOWSTORM_AUTH": "YOUR_SNOWSTORM_AUTH_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "smaniches-uniprot-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "uniprot-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNIPROT_MCP_CACHE_DIR": "YOUR_UNIPROT_MCP_CACHE_DIR_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

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