`symmap_search`

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

Resolve a name to SymMap v2 (symmap.org, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine) entity records and ids across the Traditional Chinese Medicine association graph: herbs, ingredients (molecules), protein targets (genes), TCM symptoms, modern medical symptoms, TCM syndromes, diseases. Accepts Chinese characters, pinyin, Latin or English names, gene symbols, disease names. Returns the SMHB/SMIT/SMTT/SMTS/SMMS/SMSY/SMDE ids the relationship tools take. SymMap records associations, not efficacy.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Name to look up — e.g. “ginseng”, “人参”, “Renshen”, “quercetin”, “IL6”, “malaria”, “insomnia”
`entity`	string	yes	Which entity class to search. tcm_symptom is the traditional vocabulary (SMTS), mm_symptom the modern medical one (SMMS) — they are distinct in SymMap and here.
`limit`	number	no	Max matches returned, 1-50 (default 10)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "insomnia",
  "entity": "mm_symptom"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/symmap/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"symmap_search","arguments":{"query":"insomnia","entity":"mm_symptom"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('symmap_search', {
  "query": "insomnia",
  "entity": "mm_symptom"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "ginseng",
  "entity": "herb"
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

symmap_search