`disease`

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

“Disease profile for [EFO_N]” / “look up disease [ID]” — fetch a disease profile from Open Targets by EFO (Experimental Factor Ontology) ID. Returns name, description, therapeutic areas, ontology cross-refs. Pair with disease_associations to find drug targets for the disease.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`efo_id`	string	yes	e.g. “EFO_0000270” (asthma)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "efo_id": "EFO_0000270"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/opentargets/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"disease","arguments":{"efo_id":"EFO_0000270"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('disease', {
  "efo_id": "EFO_0000270"
});

More examples

{
  "efo_id": "EFO_0005803"
}

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`data`	object

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "data": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "disease": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "id": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "EFO disease ID"
            },
            "name": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Disease name"
            },
            "description": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Disease description"
            },
            "synonyms": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "terms": {
                    "type": "array",
                    "items": {
                      "type": "string"
                    }
                  },
                  "source": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Synonym source"
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            "therapeuticAreas": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "id": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Therapeutic area ID"
                  },
                  "name": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "Therapeutic area name"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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