MCP Server for evipedia.ai — evidence-based reviews of health & longevity interventions
A small Model Context Protocol server that lets AI agents query evipedia.ai — our continuously-updated encyclopedia of evidence reviews on health & longevity interventions — and suggest new interventions for review.
search_reviews(query) → matching reviews (name/synonym/keyword/category), each with its URL and conclusion
list_reviews() → the full catalogue as {topic, slug} pairs (canonical topic + the slug you pass to get_review/get_conclusion)
list_updates(days?) → the change feed, newest first: {title, slug, status, date} per recently published (new) or revised (updated) review. With no arguments it returns the last 7 days, capped at 100 entries; pass days for a wider window (e.g. days: 30)
get_conclusion(slug|url) → just the review's plain-text conclusion
get_review(slug|url) → the full review as raw Markdown
get_metadata(slug|url) → structured medical metadata as JSON — review dates (datePublished/dateModified/lastReviewed, a freshness signal not in the Markdown), the typed about entity with alternate names, and an ordered citation list with PubMed PMIDs
The read tools accept either a bare slug (e.g. rapamycin) or a full evipedia.ai URL (e.g. https://evipedia.ai/rapamycin) — the URL's last path segment is the slug, so a search result's URL can be passed straight through.
suggest_review(intervention, goal?, references?, email?) → submit a new review for an intervention to evipedia's public suggestion form (the same one at evipedia.ai/suggest)
get_version() → the running server's package name and version
The server is published to npm as evipedia-mcp and runs over stdio via npx — no global install needed. It's also listed in the official MCP Registry as io.github.forever-healthy/evipedia-mcp, so MCP-aware clients can discover and install it automatically.
Client config: Local MCP (Requires Node.js ≥ 18)
{
"mcpServers": {
"evipedia": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "evipedia-mcp"]
}
}
}
For environments where a local install is not possible or desired, we also provide a hosted MCP server at https://mcp.evipedia.ai/ that can be used over HTTP.
Client config: Remote MCP via HTTP
{
"mcpServers": {
"evipedia": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.evipedia.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
.mcp.json (or run claude mcp add).claude_desktop_config.json.You can use the bundled /demo skill to smoke-test the respective connection.
It walks through the read tools (get_version, search_reviews, list_reviews, list_updates, get_review, get_conclusion, get_metadata) against live evipedia.ai data.
The server is a thin client that only uses evipedia.ai's public endpoints. It does not depend on the evipedia content repo — the public surfaces are the API by design.
https://evipedia.ai with a small in-process cache (both JSON indexes are tiny)suggest_review, which POSTs to evipedia's public suggestion form (Formspree)Base URL: https://evipedia.ai
| Endpoint | Description |
|---|---|
GET /reviews.json | Full catalogue: canonical_name, alternate_names[], permalink, permalink_md, permalink_meta, category, creation_date, dateModified, lastReviewed, er_conclusion |
GET /search.json | Search index: short_topic, alternate_names, ep_keywords, ep_category, url |
GET /updates.json | Change feed, newest first: title, permalink, status (new/updated), date |
GET /{permalink}.md | Complete review as raw Markdown (frontmatter + full body) |
GET /{permalink}.meta.json | Flattened medical metadata: slug, topic, url, datePublished/dateModified/lastReviewed, about (type/name/alternateName), ordered citation[] (name, url, pmid?) |
GET /llms.txt | Agent/human signpost — includes the stable section anchor list |
GET /sitemap.xml | Canonical review URLs |
GET /feed.xml | RSS feed of latest updates |
Source-derived launch command. Check the maintainer’s required arguments and credentials before running:
npx -y evipedia-mcpMerge this template into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json. Keep existing servers. Add any arguments, credentials, and permissions required by the maintainer; this template has not been install-tested.
{
"mcpServers": {
"io-github-forever-healthy-evipedia-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"evipedia-mcp"
]
}
}
}Restart Claude Desktop completely for changes to take effect. Confirm the server appears connected in the client’s tool list, then try a read-only example from its documentation.
Claude Desktop setup referenceevipedia-mcpnpmEvipedia works with any MCP-compatible client. Copy the config snippet from the Configuration section above and add it to the file shown for your client, then restart the application.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.jsonRestart Claude Desktop completely for changes to take effect.~/.cursor/mcp.jsonRestart Cursor for changes to take effect..vscode/mcp.jsonReload VS Code window for changes to take effect.~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.jsonRestart Windsurf for changes to take effect..mcp.jsonSave at the project root, then start Claude Code in that project and review the MCP server approval prompt. Keep real credentials out of shared files.