find

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

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, or use one-click install buttons:

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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