About Clinicaltables
Clinicaltables is an MCP server for keyless autocomplete-style searches across NLM/NIH clinical tables. It serves developers and health-focused agents with lookups for clinical terms, codes, drugs, providers, and units.
Key features
- 01Search conditions and diseases
- 02Look up ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM codes
- 03Search procedures, drugs, and LOINC
- 04Find NPI providers and UCUM units
Use cases
- 01Autocomplete clinical terms in an application
- 02Look up diagnosis codes from a query
- 03Find drugs or procedures by name
MCP support
Exposes Clinical Tables search tools to MCP clients, either through a Pipeworx gateway endpoint or as a local stdio server. Gateway connections also include shared Pipeworx meta-tools; the standalone server exposes only this pack's tools.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://gateway.pipeworx.io/clinicaltables/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http pipeworx-io-clinicaltables https://gateway.pipeworx.io/clinicaltables/mcp{"mcpServers":{"pipeworx-io-clinicaltables":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/clinicaltables/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"pipeworx-io-clinicaltables":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/clinicaltables/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"pipeworx-io-clinicaltables":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/clinicaltables/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"pipeworx-io-clinicaltables":{"serverUrl":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/clinicaltables/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
Details
From the project README@pipeworx/clinicaltables
NIH Clinical Tables Search Service MCP — keyless autocomplete-style search across NLM/NIH clinical tables.
Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1875+ live data sources. This is an independent, unofficial integration — not affiliated with, endorsed by, or published by the upstream provider.
Tools
conditions(terms, count?, ef?, df?)— UMLS conditionsicd10cm(terms, count?, ef?, df?)— ICD-10-CM diagnosis codesicd9cm(terms, count?, ef?, df?)— ICD-9-CM diagnosis codesprocedures(terms, count?, ef?, df?)— UMLS proceduresdrugs(terms, count?, ef?, df?)— drug names (RxTerms)loinc(terms, count?, ef?, df?)— LOINC codesnpi_individual(terms, count?, ef?, df?)— NPI individual providersnpi_organization(terms, count?, ef?, df?)— NPI organizationsucum(terms, count?, ef?, df?)— UCUM units of measuredisease_names(terms, count?, ef?, df?)— disease vocab
ef: extra fields returned (comma-sep). df: display fields. count: max results (default 7).
Data source
https://clinicaltables.nlm.nih.gov/api
Quick Start
Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):
{
"mcpServers": {
"clinicaltables": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/clinicaltables/mcp"
}
}
}
What this endpoint actually serves
tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/clinicaltables/mcp returns the tools in the table
above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx,
discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the
gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a
single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the
pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and
is the authoritative answer for a given day.
This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a
scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via
ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a
second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without
them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth,
connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.
Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
}
}
}
Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1875+ data sources. The
only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx
reaches all of them from either one.
No MCP client? Call it over HTTP
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/conditions \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"terms":"migraine","count":3}'
No account needed for the first calls. Inspect any tool: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/conditions. Find one: POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_packs with {"query":"..."}.
Standalone (no gateway account)
This package also runs as a local stdio MCP server — no Pipeworx account, no gateway round-trip:
{
"mcpServers": {
"clinicaltables": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-clinicaltables"]
}
}
}
Or run it directly to confirm it starts:
npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-clinicaltables
It speaks MCP over stdin/stdout and answers initialize/tools/list/tools/call
for only this pack's tools — none of the shared meta-tools the gateway
connection above adds. Same source, same tools, no ask_pipeworx routing.
Using with ask_pipeworx
Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:
ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Clinicaltables data" })
The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.
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License
MIT
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