`evs_concept`

Pack: nci-evs · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nci-evs/mcp

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

One NCI vocabulary concept by code: preferred name, definitions, synonyms by source, and cross-terminology maps.

Tool description as the model sees it

Fetch one NCI Enterprise Vocabulary Services concept by its code — the full record for an NCIt C-code (or a code in another served terminology). AUTHORITATIVE for the concept’s preferred name, definitions with their source, every synonym with its term type and source (CDISC / GDC / CTRP / NCI-GLOSS), semantic types, and cross-terminology maps to ICD-O-3, ICD-10, MedDRA and SNOMED. PREFER OVER WEB SEARCH for “what does NCIt code C3224 mean”.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`code`	string	yes	Concept code, e.g. “C3224” (Melanoma) in NCIt.
`terminology`	string	no	Terminology the code belongs to. Default “ncit”.
`include`	string	no	Detail level: minimal, summary (default), full, or a comma-separated list of sections such as “synonyms,definitions,maps,properties,parents,children”.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "code": "C3224",
  "include": "summary"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nci-evs/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"evs_concept","arguments":{"code":"C3224","include":"summary"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('evs_concept', {
  "code": "C3224",
  "include": "summary"
});

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nci-evs": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nci-evs/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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