MyChem.info

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MyChem.info — search and retrieve aggregated drug/chemical annotations (ChEMBL, DrugBank, PubChem) by name, InChIKey, or fielded query.

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Tools

query

Search MyChem.info for drugs / chemical compounds. Accepts a plain drug name ("aspirin"), an InChIKey, or a fielded query (e.g. "chembl.pref_name:aspirin", "drugbank.name:Acetylsalicylic acid"). Retur

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chem

Fetch the full aggregated annotation for a single chemical / drug by id. The id is typically an InChIKey (e.g. "BSYNRYMUTXBXSQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N"), but a DrugBank id, ChEMBL id, or other source id also wor

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metadata

Returns MyChem.info build metadata: total indexed compound count, available annotation sources (ChEMBL, DrugBank, PubChem, ChEBI, DrugCentral, FDA NDC), and their current release versions.

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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/mychem/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/mychem/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"query","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("query", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("mychem");