MeSH (Medical Subject Headings)

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NLM MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) MCP.

3 tools
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Tools

search_descriptors

Search NLM MeSH descriptors by a disease/drug/concept term (e.g. "diabetes", "aspirin", "myocardial infarction"). Returns the matching MeSH descriptor IDs (Dxxxxxxx) — the controlled-vocabulary headin

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get_descriptor

Get full detail for a MeSH descriptor by its ID (e.g. "D003920" = Diabetes Mellitus): its preferred label, entry terms (synonyms MeSH indexes under it), allowable qualifiers (subheadings like "drug th

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resolve_term

Map a free-text term or everyday synonym to its canonical MeSH descriptor(s) — the preferred heading to use when searching PubMed. Tries an exact descriptor match first; if none, falls back to a fuzzy

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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/mesh/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/mesh/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_descriptors","arguments":{}}}'

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("search_descriptors", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("nlm mesh (medical subject headings) mcp");