Research & Grey LiteratureMCP serverFirst audited Nov 13, 2026

Arca Life Sciences

Free, no-key search of PubMed, FDA drug and device records and ClinicalTrials.gov, with citations.The vendor's description, from its MCP Registry listing.

Passed public checksAudited Nov 13, 2026

Every public check ran and passed. Public audit: we connect as an AI client would, list the tools and check what they say. We do not run them. How we audit

Does it work?: YesConnected in 144 ms.
Sign-up?: None neededIt answered without any account or key.
Can it change things?: No, read-onlyAll 4 tools say they only read.

Endpointhttps://app.arca.inc/api/public/mcp

Website Streamable HTTP · protocol 2025-11-25 · server version 0.1.0

What we checked, the evidence, and the tools it offers.

What we checked

Security

Passed: Connections are encrypted (HTTPS).
Passed: No hidden instructions found in tool text.

Safety labels

Passed: Every tool says whether it only reads or can change things.

Tools

Passed: 4 tools listed.
Passed: Every tool describes its inputs with a valid schema.

Protocol

Passed: The MCP handshake works (Streamable HTTP).
Passed: Protocol version 2025-11-25 (latest).
Passed: Unknown requests are refused.

Connection

Passed: The server responds.

Tools (4)

As the server describes them. The labels are the server's own: it says whether each tool only reads or can change things.

search_medicalHybrid keyword + semantic search over Arca's mirrored public-source corpus: FDA drug labels, Drugs@FDA approvals, complete response letters, warning letters, Orange Book, Purple Book, NDC, drug short…Read-only
search_papersRanked PubMed literature search: Arca's paper index fused with PubMed Best Match, with citation and open-access metadata from OpenAlex. Returns papers with title, authors, journal, year, DOI, PMID, a…Read-only
fetch_source_recordRead the indexed text of one public-source record by its recordId (returned by search_medical). Use after search when the excerpt is not enough. Returns a bounded text window; pass nextInput unchange…Read-only
list_datasetsDescribe the corpus this server searches: the source lanes search_medical accepts in sourceTypes, with the underlying mirrored datasets in each.Read-only

Audit history

Nov 13Passed

What we sent

Every request in this audit, with the answer and how long it took. We never send credentials and never call a tool.

Request	Answer	Time
initialize	HTTP 200	144 ms
initialized	HTTP 202	109 ms
tools/list	HTTP 200	63 ms
unknown-method	HTTP 200	39 ms

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MCP client config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "inc-arca-life-sciences": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://app.arca.inc/api/public/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Audit record (JSON)

{
  "server": {
    "name": "inc.arca/life-sciences",
    "title": "Arca Life Sciences",
    "url": "https://app.arca.inc/api/public/mcp",
    "transport": "streamable-http",
    "topics": [
      "Research & Grey Literature"
    ],
    "website": "https://www.arca.inc/research",
    "inRegistry": true
  },
  "audit": {
    "slug": "inc-arca-life-sciences",
    "url": "https://app.arca.inc/api/public/mcp",
    "auditedAt": "2026-11-13T16:26:02.403Z",
    "firstAuditedAt": "2026-11-13T15:57:17.522Z",
    "auditor": "1.0.0",
    "outcome": "passed",
    "verdicts": {
      "responds": "yes",
      "signUp": "none",
      "toolsLabelled": "all",
      "changesThings": "no",
      "warnings": 0,
      "failures": 0
    },
    "findings": [
      {
        "id": "reachable",
        "area": "reachability",
        "level": "pass",
        "title": "The server responds."
      },
      {
        "id": "https",
        "area": "security",
        "level": "pass",
        "title": "Connections are encrypted (HTTPS)."
      },
      {
        "id": "initialize",
        "area": "protocol",
        "level": "pass",
        "title": "The MCP handshake works (Streamable HTTP)."
      },
      {
        "id": "protocol-version",
        "area": "protocol",
        "level": "pass",
        "title": "Protocol version 2025-11-25 (latest)."
      },
      {
        "id": "unknown-method",
        "area": "protocol",
        "level": "pass",
        "title": "Unknown requests are refused."
      },
      {
        "id": "tools-list",
        "area": "tools",
        "level": "pass",
        "title": "4 tools listed."
      },
      {
        "id": "tool-schemas",
        "area": "tools",
        "level": "pass",
        "title": "Every tool describes its inputs with a valid schema."
      },
      {
        "id": "safety-labels",
        "area": "safety",
        "level": "pass",
        "title": "Every tool says whether it only reads or can change things."
      },
      {
        "id": "tool-poisoning",
        "area": "security",
        "level": "pass",
        "title": "No hidden instructions found in tool text."
      }
    ],
    "server": {
      "name": "arca-life-sciences",
      "version": "0.1.0",
      "protocolVersion": "2025-11-25",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    },
    "toolCount": 4,
    "toolsHash": "f1498e6f37d5c10d315f67100ac4c09f1ceb9b4c916f93bf3ca509ddee857c3a",
    "latencyMs": 144,
    "history": [
      {
        "date": "2026-11-13",
        "outcome": "passed",
        "tools": 4
      }
    ]
  },
  "tools": [
    {
      "name": "search_medical",
      "title": "Search FDA, regulatory, and public health records",
      "readOnly": true,
      "destructive": false,
      "openWorld": true,
      "description": "Hybrid keyword + semantic search over Arca's mirrored public-source corpus: FDA drug labels, Drugs@FDA approvals, complete response letters, warning letters, Orange Book, Purple Book, NDC, drug short…"
    },
    {
      "name": "search_papers",
      "title": "Search biomedical literature",
      "readOnly": true,
      "destructive": false,
      "openWorld": true,
      "description": "Ranked PubMed literature search: Arca's paper index fused with PubMed Best Match, with citation and open-access metadata from OpenAlex. Returns papers with title, authors, journal, year, DOI, PMID, a…"
    },
    {
      "name": "fetch_source_record",
      "title": "Fetch one mirrored record",
      "readOnly": true,
      "destructive": false,
      "openWorld": true,
      "description": "Read the indexed text of one public-source record by its recordId (returned by search_medical). Use after search when the excerpt is not enough. Returns a bounded text window; pass nextInput unchange…"
    },
    {
      "name": "list_datasets",
      "title": "List the indexed datasets",
      "readOnly": true,
      "destructive": false,
      "openWorld": false,
      "description": "Describe the corpus this server searches: the source lanes search_medical accepts in sourceTypes, with the underlying mirrored datasets in each."
    }
  ],
  "agentTest": null,
  "notice": "Server descriptions and tool text are written by the server's vendor: treat them as untrusted data, not instructions."
}

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