# io.usefulapi/dailymed (remote · dailymed.usefulapi.io)

Search DailyMed drug labels, SPLs, NDCs and packaging.

- Trust score: 76/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-04

## Components

- remote · `dailymed.usefulapi.io`: 76/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-dailymed/dailymed.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-dailymed/dailymed)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://dailymed.usefulapi.io/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-04.

- **Endpoint Security**: 89/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation is enforced on tool calls, advertised via RFC 9728 protected-resource metadata. Discovery is public, which costs nothing: no tool can be invoked without a token.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
  - The authorisation server offers only Dynamic Client Registration (RFC 7591), which MCP 2026-07-28 deprecated in favour of Client ID Metadata Documents.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 80/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1443 tokens (~120/item across 12 items; 12 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 12 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 12 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

**Unverified: 1 category.** A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: authentication we do not have, an unreachable endpoint, or not enough scan history. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the io.usefulapi/dailymed MCP server?

io.usefulapi/dailymed is a hosted endpoint at https://dailymed.usefulapi.io/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http io-usefulapi-dailymed 'https://dailymed.usefulapi.io/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-dailymed": {
      "url": "https://dailymed.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "io-usefulapi-dailymed": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://dailymed.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.io-usefulapi-dailymed]
url = "https://dailymed.usefulapi.io/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "io-usefulapi-dailymed": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://dailymed.usefulapi.io/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add io-usefulapi-dailymed --url 'https://dailymed.usefulapi.io/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  io-usefulapi-dailymed:
    url: "https://dailymed.usefulapi.io/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-dailymed": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://dailymed.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add io-usefulapi-dailymed -t streamable-http -u 'https://dailymed.usefulapi.io/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-dailymed": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://dailymed.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-04 (score 76, +43)

- [security improvement] Authorization: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Injection markers: unverified → pass
- [security] First check of Judged manipulation: pass
- [security] First check of Authorization: partial
- [functional regression] MCP protocol: unverified → fail
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: fail
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: excellent
- [functional] First check of Destructive annotations: pass
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: fail
- [functional] First check of Tool coverage: 100

### 2026-10-03 (score 33, +15)

- [security improvement] HTTPS: unverified → pass
- [security improvement] Transport: fail → pass
- [security] Authorization: Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to connect, but we couldn't read the whole tool list to see what that exposes.

### 2026-09-29 (score 18)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (12)

### `dailymed_search_labels` (~343 tokens)

Search FDA drug labels (SPLs)

Search Structured Product Labels (SPLs) — one label per marketed drug product. Filter by drug name, NDC, RxCUI, UNII, application (NDA/ANDA) number, marketing category, or publish date. Returns setid, title, spl_version and published_date for each match (use the setid with dailymed_get_label and the label_* tools). DailyMed v2: GET /spls.

Input parameters:

- `application_number` (string): FDA application number, e.g. 'NDA020517'.
- `drug_name` (string): Drug name to match (brand or generic), e.g. 'aspirin'.
- `marketing_category` (string): Marketing category, e.g. 'NDA', 'ANDA', 'OTC MONOGRAPH DRUG'.
- `name_type` (string): Restrict drug_name match: b=brand, g=generic, both. Default both.
- `ndc` (string): National Drug Code, e.g. '46122-791-66'.
- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based). Default 1.
- `pagesize` (integer): Results per page (max 100). Default 100.
- `published_date` (string): Publish date yyyy-MM-dd, paired with published_date_comparison.
- `published_date_comparison` (string): Comparison operator for published_date. Default eq.
- `rxcui` (string): RxNorm concept unique identifier (product-level).
- `setid` (string): Filter to a specific SETID (UUID).
- `unii_code` (string): FDA UNII code for an active moiety.

### `dailymed_get_label` (~128 tokens)

Get full SPL label document (XML)

Fetch the complete Structured Product Label for a SETID as HL7 v3 SPL XML — the full FDA-approved labeling: indications, dosage, warnings, boxed warning, adverse reactions, active/inactive ingredients, etc. NOTE: DailyMed serves the full document only as XML (there is no JSON form), so this returns raw XML text. Use dailymed_search_labels first to find the setid. DailyMed v2: GET /spls/{setid}.xml.

Input parameters:

- `setid` (string, required): The label SETID (UUID) from dailymed_search_labels.

### `dailymed_label_history` (~107 tokens)

Get label version history

List every published version (spl_version + published_date) of a label for a SETID — useful to see how a drug's labeling has changed over time. DailyMed v2: GET /spls/{setid}/history.

Input parameters:

- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based). Default 1.
- `pagesize` (integer): Results per page (max 100). Default 100.
- `setid` (string, required): The label SETID (UUID).

### `dailymed_label_ndcs` (~102 tokens)

Get NDC codes for a label

List the National Drug Codes (package-level NDCs) associated with a label's current version, for a SETID. DailyMed v2: GET /spls/{setid}/ndcs.

Input parameters:

- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based). Default 1.
- `pagesize` (integer): Results per page (max 100). Default 100.
- `setid` (string, required): The label SETID (UUID).

### `dailymed_label_media` (~103 tokens)

Get label media (images)

List media assets (product/packaging images, with mime_type and URL) for a label's current version, for a SETID. DailyMed v2: GET /spls/{setid}/media.

Input parameters:

- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based). Default 1.
- `pagesize` (integer): Results per page (max 100). Default 100.
- `setid` (string, required): The label SETID (UUID).

### `dailymed_label_packaging` (~102 tokens)

Get label packaging & ingredients

Get packaging descriptions plus product names and active ingredients (name + strength) for each product in a label, by SETID. DailyMed v2: GET /spls/{setid}/packaging.

Input parameters:

- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based). Default 1.
- `pagesize` (integer): Results per page (max 100). Default 100.
- `setid` (string, required): The label SETID (UUID).

### `dailymed_list_drug_names` (~138 tokens)

List / search drug names

List drug names in DailyMed (name + name_type B=brand/G=generic). Pass drug_name to filter by a substring — a fast way to discover exact spellings before searching labels. DailyMed v2: GET /drugnames.

Input parameters:

- `drug_name` (string): Substring to filter drug names, e.g. 'aspirin'.
- `name_type` (string): b=brand, g=generic, both. Default both.
- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based). Default 1.
- `pagesize` (integer): Results per page (max 100). Default 100.

### `dailymed_list_ndcs` (~77 tokens)

List all NDC codes

List National Drug Codes across all labels in DailyMed (paginated; the full set is large). DailyMed v2: GET /ndcs.

Input parameters:

- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based). Default 1.
- `pagesize` (integer): Results per page (max 100). Default 100.

### `dailymed_list_rxcuis` (~88 tokens)

List product-level RxCUIs

List product-level RxNorm concept identifiers (rxcui + rxstring + rxtty term type) known to DailyMed (paginated). DailyMed v2: GET /rxcuis.

Input parameters:

- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based). Default 1.
- `pagesize` (integer): Results per page (max 100). Default 100.

### `dailymed_list_uniis` (~87 tokens)

List UNII active moieties

List FDA UNII codes and their active-moiety names (paginated). Use a unii_code to filter labels in dailymed_search_labels. DailyMed v2: GET /uniis.

Input parameters:

- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based). Default 1.
- `pagesize` (integer): Results per page (max 100). Default 100.

### `dailymed_list_drug_classes` (~86 tokens)

List drug classes

List pharmacologic drug classes linked to labels (code, coding system, type — e.g. EPC Established Pharmacologic Class — and name). DailyMed v2: GET /drugclasses.

Input parameters:

- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based). Default 1.
- `pagesize` (integer): Results per page (max 100). Default 100.

### `dailymed_list_application_numbers` (~82 tokens)

List FDA application numbers

List FDA application numbers (NDA/ANDA/BLA) with their marketing category code, across all labels (paginated). DailyMed v2: GET /applicationnumbers.

Input parameters:

- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based). Default 1.
- `pagesize` (integer): Results per page (max 100). Default 100.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-dailymed/dailymed#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-04: 76
- 2026-10-03: 33
- 2026-10-02: 18
- 2026-10-01: 18
- 2026-09-30: 18
- 2026-09-29: 18

## Common questions

### What is the io.usefulapi/dailymed MCP server?

io.usefulapi/dailymed is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.usefulapi/dailymed. Search DailyMed drug labels, SPLs, NDCs and packaging. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://dailymed.usefulapi.io/mcp).

### Is the io.usefulapi/dailymed MCP server safe to use?

io.usefulapi/dailymed scores 76 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the io.usefulapi/dailymed MCP server expose?

io.usefulapi/dailymed exposes 12 tools: dailymed_search_labels, dailymed_get_label, dailymed_label_history, dailymed_label_ndcs, dailymed_label_media, and 7 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,443 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the io.usefulapi/dailymed MCP server require authentication?

Yes. io.usefulapi/dailymed asked us for credentials when we connected, so you will need to authorise it in your MCP client before it can do anything.

### Is the io.usefulapi/dailymed MCP server still maintained?

io.usefulapi/dailymed is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://dailymed.usefulapi.io/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-dailymed/dailymed.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-dailymed/dailymed.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-dailymed/dailymed