# `io.usefulapi/clinicaltrialsgov` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.usefulapi/clinicaltrialsgov
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.usefulapi/clinicaltrialsgov
- Version: 1.16.3 (active)
- Publisher: io.usefulapi (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T19:23:16.065Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
ClinicalTrials.gov MCP by usefulapi
Search and read ClinicalTrials.gov studies, sites and outcomes.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:37:56.922Z over streamable-http.

**7 tools: 7 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 7 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Only reads (7)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `count_studies`

- The name "count_studies" says "count": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Return only the total NUMBER of studies matching a query, without fetching any records. Accepts the same query terms and filters as search_studies (term, condition, intervention, title, location, sponsor, status, geoFilter, advanced). Returns { totalCount }. GET /studies with countTotal=true and pageSize=1.
```

### `get_api_version`

- The name "get_api_version" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Return the ClinicalTrials.gov API version and the timestamp of the underlying data snapshot: { apiVersion, dataTimestamp }. GET /version.
```

### `get_studies_stats`

- The name "get_studies_stats" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Return overall study-size statistics across the registry: { totalStudies, averageSizeBytes, percentiles, ranges, largestStudies }. Useful for understanding data volume. GET /stats/size.
```

### `get_study`

- The name "get_study" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch a single ClinicalTrials.gov study by its NCT id (format NCT######## — the letters 'NCT' followed by digits, e.g. NCT00841061). Returns the full study object { protocolSection, derivedSection?, hasResults? }. Use `fields` to return only specific fields/modules. GET /studies/{nctId}.
```

### `get_study_metadata`

- The name "get_study_metadata" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Return the ClinicalTrials.gov study data model as a tree of module nodes (each with name/title/type/children). Use this to explore what fields/modules exist and their nesting, to build `fields` selections or `sort`/filter expressions. GET /studies/metadata.
```

### `list_field_values`

- The name "list_field_values" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Discover valid values / enums for one or more study fields. Returns per-field value statistics — for each field: its type, unique-value count and topValues [{value, studiesCount}]. Great for finding valid enum values (e.g. OverallStatus, Phase) before building a filter. GET /stats/field/values.
```

### `search_studies`

- The name "search_studies" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search the ClinicalTrials.gov v2 study registry. Provide any combination of query terms (condition, intervention, title, location, sponsor, general term) — multiple query.* terms are ANDed together — plus optional filters (status, geo, advanced Essie expression, explicit NCT ids). Returns { totalCount?, studies: [...], nextPageToken? }. Use `fields` to trim the response to specific fields/modules, `sort` to order (e.g. '@relevance', 'LastUpdatePostDate:desc', 'EnrollmentCount:desc'), and pageSize/pageToken to page. GET /studies.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `clinicaltrialsgov`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__clinicaltrialsgov__search_studies",
      "mcp__clinicaltrialsgov__get_study",
      "mcp__clinicaltrialsgov__count_studies",
      "mcp__clinicaltrialsgov__list_field_values",
      "mcp__clinicaltrialsgov__get_study_metadata",
      "mcp__clinicaltrialsgov__get_studies_stats",
      "mcp__clinicaltrialsgov__get_api_version"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```