# Drug Shortage List MCP

> FDA drug shortage list: is a drug in shortage now, by name or NDC, with status and reason.

- name: io.github.theluckystrike/drug-shortage-list-mcp
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 94/100
- quality: 91/100 (strong)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.theluckystrike%2Fdrug-shortage-list-mcp
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.theluckystrike%2Fdrug-shortage-list-mcp/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "drug-shortage-list-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://drug-shortage-list-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 100
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 80
- drivers: +repository +namespace-matches-repo +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-9d-ago
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 91/100 (strong)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 100 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 4 of 4 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 873 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump
- pass `tools.hidden_text`: no hidden text in tool names, descriptions, schemas or annotations

### stability: 100 (weight 15)

- pass `stability.changes`: no tool changes in 30 days
- pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name
- pass `stability.new_links`: no tool change named a new site

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 4, about 873 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: c41a4758b7a1e5e4f2e26a71b552cf17
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/io.github.theluckystrike/drug-shortage-list-mcp.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/io.github.theluckystrike/drug-shortage-list-mcp)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

_No tool definition changes recorded._

## Remotes

- https://drug-shortage-list-mcp.lipmichal.workers.dev/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (4)

- `count_drug_shortages`: How many FDA drug shortage listings there are now, grouped by status, therapeutic_category, shortage_reason or drug (distinct products). Defaults to Current listings by therapeutic category.
- `get_drug_shortage_by_ndc`: FDA shortage status for one National Drug Code, either a package NDC (0641-6059-01) or a product NDC (0641-6059), in the dashed form printed on the label. Returns the exact listing and related packages of the same product.
- `list_recent_drug_shortages`: The FDA drug shortage list, most recently updated listings first. Defaults to status Current. Filter by therapeutic category, for example Anesthesia, Oncology, Pediatric, Psychiatry, Cardiovascular, Infectious Disease.
- `search_drug_shortages`: Is a drug in shortage now? Searches the FDA Drug Shortages database (via openFDA, updated daily) by generic name, brand name or active ingredient, for example "amoxicillin", "Adderall", "semaglutide", "lidocaine". Returns listings grouped by product with counts by status (Current, To Be Discontinued, Resolved) and availability (Available, Limited, Unavailable), shortage reasons, companies, presentations and dates. Your training data cannot know today's shortage list.