MCP server

Herb Tcm

io.github.pipeworx-io/herb-tcm

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

HERB 2.0 (herb.ac.cn) — Traditional Chinese Medicine herb/ingredient/target/

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

pipeworx.io (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

49

Token cost

About 28,377 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http herb-tcm https://gateway.pipeworx.io/herb-tcm/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.herb-tcm]
url = "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/herb-tcm/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"herb-tcm":{"httpUrl":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/herb-tcm/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"herb-tcm":{"url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/herb-tcm/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"herb-tcm":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/herb-tcm/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add herb-tcm https://gateway.pipeworx.io/herb-tcm/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"herb-tcm","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/herb-tcm/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"herb-tcm","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/herb-tcm/mcp"}

Tools

• herb_browse Browses the web · ~185 tokens
  Page through HERB 2.0's full herb, ingredient, target or disease list (7,263 herbs / 49,258 ingredients / 12,933 targets / 28,212 diseases). Use herb_search instead when you already have a name to look up.
• herb_detail ~757 tokens
  Full record for one HERB id: herb (composition + traditional-use summary + predicted and literature target/disease links), ingredient (structure + predicted and literature target/disease links), target (curated disease associations + which herbs are statistically linked to it), or disease (which tar
• herb_experiment_detail ~191 tokens
  Differential-expression results for one HERB transcriptomic experiment: top up/down-regulated genes and enriched GO terms / KEGG pathways, plus connectivity-map hit counts (compounds/knockdowns/overexpression signatures matching the expression pattern). Every row is evidence_tier computational_predi
• herb_experiments ~210 tokens
  List HERB's transcriptomic experiments (herb/ingredient treatment vs. control, GEO-deposited) — the raw evidence behind the differential-expression predictions in herb_experiment_detail. Filter by drug type, species or platform.
• herb_paper_detail ~162 tokens
  One reference's bibliographic record (journal, PubMed id, experiment type, phenotype) plus the specific targets/diseases that paper reports, tagged evidence_tier human_clinical or laboratory from the paper's own experiment type. Use the Paper id from a drug_paper_target/drug_paper_disease row (herb_
• herb_papers ~328 tokens
  List PubMed-cited papers in HERB's reference index — the literature backing herb/ingredient-target and -disease associations. Each row is tagged evidence_tier human_clinical (its "Experiment type" includes "Clinical Experiment") or laboratory (cell/animal studies only). Filter by drug type or experi
• herb_search ~241 tokens
  Search HERB 2.0 for a herb, ingredient, gene target or disease by Chinese name, pinyin, English name, Latin name, gene alias or HERB id — e.g. "板蓝根", "banlangen", "Dyers Woad" and "BAN LAN GEN" all resolve the same herb record. Returns matching ids to pass to herb_detail. Does not itself carry evide

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