`search_cases`

Pack: gdc · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gdc/mcp

Search NCI GDC cancer cases (patients/samples) by primary site and/or project. Returns case_id, submitter_id, primary site, disease type and project_id. Keyless, open-access metadata.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`primary_site`	string	no	Primary anatomic site, e.g. “Kidney”, “Breast”, “Bronchus and lung”.
`project_id`	string	no	Restrict to a GDC project, e.g. “TCGA-BRCA”.
`size`	number	no	Number of cases to return (default 20).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "primary_site": "Breast",
  "project_id": "TCGA-BRCA"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gdc/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_cases","arguments":{"primary_site":"Breast","project_id":"TCGA-BRCA"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_cases', {
  "primary_site": "Breast",
  "project_id": "TCGA-BRCA"
});

More examples

{
  "primary_site": "Kidney",
  "size": 50
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gdc": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gdc/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_cases