find

Pack: kegg · 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/find for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Search KEGG by keyword. KEGG is the authoritative bioinformatics database for compounds, drugs, diseases, metabolic pathways, genes, and enzymes. Pick a database (compound|drug|disease|pathway|genes|enzyme|glycan|module|ko) and pass a query like “glucose”, “aspirin”, or “diabetes”. Returns matching KEGG IDs with descriptions. Keyless.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
databasestringyesOne of: compound, drug, disease, pathway, genes, enzyme, glycan, module, ko.
querystringyesSearch term, e.g. “glucose”, “aspirin”, “diabetes”.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "database": "compound",
  "query": "glucose"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/kegg/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"find","arguments":{"database":"compound","query":"glucose"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('find', {
  "database": "compound",
  "query": "glucose"
});

More examples

{
  "database": "drug",
  "query": "aspirin"
}
{
  "database": "disease",
  "query": "diabetes"
}

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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