identify
Pack: cactus · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/cactus/mcp
NCI CACTUS one-shot lookup: given any chemical identifier (name, CAS, SMILES, InChI, or InChIKey), return SMILES, InChIKey, IUPAC name, molecular formula, molecular weight, and CAS number in a single call. Fields that cannot be resolved are returned as null. Keyless, plain-text API.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
identifier | string | yes | Chemical name, CAS number, SMILES, InChI, or InChIKey (e.g. “ibuprofen”, “15687-27-1”). |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/cactus/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"identify","arguments":{}}}'
Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"cactus": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/cactus/mcp"
}
}
}
See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.