Pbdb Mcp

io.github.mrfentmenPublished by GitHub account mrfentmenv1.0.0Updated Oct 25, 2026

Fossil occurrences and taxa from the Paleobiology Database. No key required.

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Overview

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A local MCP server that gives an assistant access to fossil occurrence and taxon records from the Paleobiology Database, with no API key required.

What you can do
Retrieve fossil occurrence records from the Paleobiology Database, including where and when taxa were found, as described in the registry entry. Look up taxonomic information for fossil groups. The manifest lists no individual tools, so the exact queries and output formats are not documented here.
When to use it
Useful when an assistant needs paleontological data, such as fossil occurrences or taxonomy, for research questions, educational material, or exploratory analysis of ancient life.
Requirements
Runs as a local process on the user's machine, installed from the npm package pbdb-mcp over stdio, so a Node.js runtime is needed. No API key, environment variables, or headers are declared. Network access is presumably needed to reach the Paleobiology Database, though this is not stated.
Before you install
The manifest lists no tools and no README or instructions are provided, so behavior and data handling cannot be verified before installing. It runs locally with no declared credentials, but queries are presumably sent to the external Paleobiology Database, so check what data leaves your machine.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Pbdb Mcp in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Desktop only via STDIO. STDIO servers start a local process, so they need the SourceWeft desktop host.

Other MCP clients

Follow the launch instructions in the repository.

README

This repository has no README.

Tools

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SourceWeft has not started this package in its sandbox yet, so its tools are not known.

Version history

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  1. v1.0.0LatestSep 22, 2026

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