MCP server

Openfda

io.github.pipeworx-io/openfda

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

FDA drug data via openFDA: adverse-event reports and safety-signal tools (FAERS search, event…

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

pipeworx.io (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

60

Token cost

About 33,152 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 openfda https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openfda/mcp

Claude Desktop

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

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.openfda]
url = "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openfda/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"openfda":{"httpUrl":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openfda/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"openfda":{"url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openfda/mcp"}}}

VS Code

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

Antigravity

agy mcp add openfda https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openfda/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":"openfda","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openfda/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"openfda","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openfda/mcp"}

Tools

• fda_application_history ~163 tokens
  Retrieve one Drugs@FDA NDA, ANDA, or BLA application and return its products and chronological submission-action history. Submission codes require regulatory interpretation and do not by themselves establish approval scope, exclusivity, or current marketing.
• fda_applications_by_cik ~491 tokens
  Find ALL Drugs@FDA applications for a company by SEC CIK, ticker, or company name — without needing to know its FDA sponsor_name spelling. Drugs@FDA has no company-ID field: sponsor_name is free text, and one company routinely files under several forms (e.g. Eli Lilly appears as "LILLY", "ELI LILLY
• fda_complete_response_letters ~347 tokens
  Search FDA-disclosed Complete Response Letters for drug and biologic applications. Defaults to letter_type "COMPLETE RESPONSE"; optionally include other letter types in the same dataset. Returns the application’s current approval_status, letter metadata, an excerpt, and the official document URL.
• fda_crl_detail ~175 tokens
  Retrieve one FDA Complete Response Letter by application number and optionally letter date. Returns the FDA-disclosed letter text and document URL. Confidential commercial and trade-secret material may be redacted by FDA.
• fda_drug_approvals ~973 tokens
  Find FDA-approved drugs by brand name, active ingredient, or application number. To find generic versions of a drug, search by active ingredient using products.active_ingredients.name (NOT openfda.generic_name — that field only works in the label endpoint). IMPORTANT: drug names in the FDA database
• fda_drug_events ~556 tokens
  Search FAERS adverse event reports by drug name, MedDRA reaction term, or date range. Returns report counts, reaction types, seriousness levels, and dates. Natural multi-word reaction phrasing is retried against MedDRA preferred-term word order before an empty result is reported. FAERS reports do no
• fda_drug_labels ~344 tokens
  Get FDA drug labeling (SPL) by drug name OR by INDICATION. This is the tool for "what drugs are approved to treat <condition>" — it searches the indications_and_usage text, which the drugsfda approvals endpoint does NOT carry. Query by brand/generic name (openfda.brand_name:"HUMIRA"), or by indicate
• fda_drug_recalls ~349 tokens
  Search FDA drug recalls and enforcement actions by drug name or reason — returns recall classification, date, reason and enforcement status. A multi-word search is tried as ALL terms first and falls back to ANY term when nothing matches all of them; the response says which happened in match_mode, so
• fda_drug_shortages ~307 tokens
  Search the FDA Drug Shortages database by generic or brand name, manufacturer, status, or an advanced openFDA query. Returns national supply records and available FDA dates; reason and other details are sparse in the upstream data. This is not local pharmacy inventory or medical advice.
• fda_event_counts ~278 tokens
  Aggregate adverse events by reaction type, patient age, or outcome. Returns top reactions for a drug and event trends over time.
• fda_faers_reaction_profile ~261 tokens
  Summarize the most frequently co-reported FAERS reactions plus serious/non-serious report counts for a drug. Counts are spontaneous reports with duplicates, co-medications, and reporting bias—not event rates or proof of causation.
• fda_faers_signal_summary ~375 tokens
  Calculate report-level FAERS disproportionality routing metrics for one drug/reaction pair using a 2×2 reporting table. The reaction argument matches one whole MedDRA preferred term, so a broad word like "neuropathy" counts only reports filed under that exact term and not the specific terms containi
• fda_faers_trend ~288 tokens
  Aggregate daily FAERS report counts into calendar months for a drug and optional reaction over a bounded date window. The reaction argument matches one whole MedDRA preferred term, so a broad word like "neuropathy" counts only reports filed under that exact term and not the specific terms containing
• fda_food_recalls ~240 tokens
  Search FDA FOOD recall / enforcement reports (openFDA /food/enforcement) — product recalls, reasons, classification, recalling firm, distribution, and status. Use for food-safety / recall-history questions (distinct from fda_drug_recalls which covers drugs).
• fda_novel_approvals ~546 tokens
  Most recent NOVEL drug approvals, in FDA/CDER's own sense of the word: a new drug or biologic never before approved or marketed in the U.S. (read live from FDA's own published Novel Drug Approvals list). Use for "what is the most recent novel drug the FDA approved", "how many novel drugs has CDER ap
• fda_postmarket_risk_profile ~172 tokens
  Combine a drug’s FAERS reporting profile, label warning fields, and FDA recall records for review routing. This is not a validated safety comparison, causal assessment, incidence estimate, or substitute for FDA communications and clinical review.
• fda_shortage_changes ~428 tokens
  FDA drug-shortage records ordered by update_date, newest first, then restricted to the requested look-back window. Use for recently updated, discontinued, or resolved national shortages; this does not imply availability at any specific pharmacy or hospital. Most rows in any window are "Reverified" (
• fda_warning_letters ~556 tokens
  Search FDA WARNING LETTERS — official enforcement letters FDA sends firms for violations (CGMP, adulterated/misbranded products, unapproved claims). Answers "has <company> received an FDA warning letter", "recent FDA warning letters about supplements/devices". By default `search` matches the RECIPIE

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