search_ligands
Pack: guidetopharmacology · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/guidetopharmacology/mcp
Search the Guide to PHARMACOLOGY (IUPHAR/BPS) — an expert-curated pharmacology database — for drug ligands by name. Returns matching ligands with their GtoPdb ligand id, type (e.g. Synthetic organic, Peptide, Antibody, Metabolite), and approval status. Use the returned ligand id with ligand_interactions to find which protein targets it acts on. Keyless. Complements ChEMBL/DrugBank.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
name | string | yes | Ligand name or fragment to search for, e.g. “aspirin” or “imatinib”. |
limit | number | no | Max results to return (default 15). |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/guidetopharmacology/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_ligands","arguments":{}}}'Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"guidetopharmacology": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/guidetopharmacology/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.