`search`

Pack: hpo-api · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

“HPO term for [symptom]” / “phenotype code for [clinical sign]” / “find HPO IDs about [feature]” / “what’s the HPO for seizures / autism / short stature” — text search the Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO). Returns ranked terms with HP: IDs. Use to map clinical descriptions to standard ontology terms for rare-disease workups, genomics, or clinical phenotype databases.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required
`query`	string	yes
`limit`	number	no
`page`	number	no

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "developmental delay"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/hpo-api/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search","arguments":{"query":"developmental delay"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('search', {
  "query": "developmental delay"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "cardiac defect",
  "limit": 10,
  "page": 1
}

Response shape

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Text search results"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

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

Connect to just the hpo-api pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hpo-api": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/hpo-api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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