Openfda

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• OPENFDA_API_KEY — Free API key from open.fda.gov — increases daily limit from 1K to 120K requests.
• CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE — DataCanvas staging, on by default: stage=true or a canvas_id on an openfda_search_* tool or openfda_lookup_ndc stages the matched records as a SQL table for the openfda_dataframe_* tools. The DuckDB binding ships with the server. Set to 'none' to disable.
• OPENFDA_DATAFRAME_DROP_ENABLED — Enable openfda_dataframe_drop, which deletes a table staged on a DataCanvas. Off by default; applies only when DataCanvas is enabled (CANVAS_PROVIDER_TYPE=duckdb).
• OPENFDA_MIRROR_ENABLED — Serve exact-key lookups for drug/label, drug/ndc, drug/enforcement, and drug/drugsfda from a local bulk mirror instead of the API. Off by default; the initial harvest runs out-of-band via the mirror:init script.
• OPENFDA_MIRROR_PATH — Directory holding one SQLite file per mirrored dataset.
• OPENFDA_MIRROR_REFRESH_CRON — Cron expression for the in-process mirror refresh. HTTP transport only; stdio operators run mirror:refresh from the host. Requires the optional node-cron peer dependency.
• OPENFDA_MIRROR_FALLBACK_LIVE — Fall back to the live API when the mirror is cold, missing the record, or failing. Disable to fail loudly instead.
• OPENFDA_MIRROR_REFRESH_TIMEOUT_MS — Wall-clock budget for one scheduled refresh before it is aborted. Raise it for drug/label, the only multi-partition dataset.
• OPENFDA_MIRROR_BASE_URL — Host serving the openFDA bulk download manifest. Override only to harvest from a private mirror of the dumps.
• MCP_LOG_LEVEL — Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').