`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

Arguments

{
  "name": "aspirin"
}

curl

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":{"name":"aspirin"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_ligands', {
  "name": "aspirin"
});

More examples

{
  "name": "imatinib",
  "limit": 10
}

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.

search_ligands