MedlinePlus
live HealthNIH/NLM consumer health info — map clinical codes (ICD-10, SNOMED, RxCUI, LOINC, NDC) to plain-language topics; free-text search across topics. Keyless.
2 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day
Tools
connect
required: code, code_system Map a clinical code to MedlinePlus topics.
Parameters
Name Type Description
code req string — code_system req string ICD-10-CM | SNOMED | RxNorm | LOINC | NDC | MeSH | HGNC lang opt string en | es Try it
Response
search
required: query Free-text search across MedlinePlus topics.
Parameters
Name Type Description
query req string — db opt string healthTopics | healthTopicsSpanish | drug | herb | meshhd | genetic limit opt number — retstart opt number — knowledge_response_type opt string — Try it
Response
Test with curl
The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.
List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/medlineplus/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/medlineplus/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"connect","arguments":{"code": "JFK", "code_system": "example"}}}'Use with the SDK
Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.
TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("connect", {"code":"example","code_system":"example"}); ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("nih/nlm consumer health info — map clinical codes (icd-10, snomed, rxcui, loinc, ndc) to plain-language topics; free-text search across topics");