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Pillwise

US medication lookup: drug search, forms and strengths, NDC/RxCUI, recalls, shortages.

Should I use this

Quality & Safety

A
Description quality
87%
Schema completeness
90%
Naming quality
93%
Poisoning risk
100%
Permission match
100%
Protocol compliance
100%

Findings (2)

  • LOWTool 'get_packages' description lacks action verbin get_packages
  • LOWTool 'lookup_rxcui' description lacks action verbin lookup_rxcui

Based on automated analysis of tool definitions and protocol compliance.

Context Cost

~1,183Tokens (tool definitions)
~873 BTypical response size
Moderate attention impact (0.92% of 128k context)

This is the approximate number of tokens consumed each time the server's tools are loaded into a model's context. Higher counts reduce the attention available for other tasks.

Install

One-Click Install

Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pillwise": {
      "url": "https://api.pillwise.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Remote endpoints

https://api.pillwise.dev/mcpstreamable-http

What it can do

Tool inventory

Tools (9)

🟢 Read-only🟡 Write🔴 Delete⚪ Unknown
🟢search_medications(as_of, limit, query)

Typeahead search by what a person calls a medication: brand, ingredient or everyday name. Returns brand and ingredient groups in the order a person would pick, not packages.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "as_of": {
      "description": "Optional. Answer as of this day (YYYY-MM-DD) or instant (RFC 3339), within retained snapshots.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "limit": {
      "description": "Hits to return (default 10).",
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "What the person typed, at least 3 characters, like \"tylenol\" or \"vitamin d3\".",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
🟢get_form_options(as_of, id)

The forms (tablet, liquid, patch…) and strengths a medication comes in, with labels for people and values to send back. Use the id from a search hit.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "as_of": {
      "description": "Optional. Answer as of this day (YYYY-MM-DD) or instant (RFC 3339), within retained snapshots.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "id": {
      "description": "A Pillwise drug id from search, like pw_g_… or pw_d_….",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
🟢get_drug(as_of, id)

The full record for a Pillwise drug id: names, ingredients, form, strength, packages and recalls.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "as_of": {
      "description": "Optional. Answer as of this day (YYYY-MM-DD) or instant (RFC 3339), within retained snapshots.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "id": {
      "description": "A Pillwise drug id, like pw_d_….",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
🟢get_packages(as_of, id)

The package NDCs that belong to a Pillwise drug id.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "as_of": {
      "description": "Optional. Answer as of this day (YYYY-MM-DD) or instant (RFC 3339), within retained snapshots.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "id": {
      "description": "A Pillwise drug id, like pw_d_….",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
🟢lookup_ndc(as_of, ndc)

The package and drug for an NDC: 11 digits, 10 with hyphens (4-4-2, 5-3-2 or 5-4-1), or a product NDC. A bare 10-digit code is matched only as listed; no padding is guessed.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "as_of": {
      "description": "Optional. Answer as of this day (YYYY-MM-DD) or instant (RFC 3339), within retained snapshots.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "ndc": {
      "description": "Like 50580-488-10 or 50580048810.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "ndc"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
🟢lookup_rxcui(as_of, rxcui)

The clinical drug for an RxCUI.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "as_of": {
      "description": "Optional. Answer as of this day (YYYY-MM-DD) or instant (RFC 3339), within retained snapshots.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "rxcui": {
      "description": "Digits, like 314076.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "rxcui"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
🟢list_recalls(drug_id, ndc, since, status)

Drug recalls, filtered by at least one of ndc, drug_id or since.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "drug_id": {
      "description": "A Pillwise drug id.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "ndc": {
      "description": "A package or product NDC.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "since": {
      "description": "Recalls on or after this day, YYYY-MM-DD.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "status": {
      "description": "Optional, like Ongoing or Terminated.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
🟢list_shortages(drug_id, ndc, status)

Drug shortages, filtered by at least one of ndc or drug_id.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "drug_id": {
      "description": "A Pillwise drug id.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "ndc": {
      "description": "A package NDC.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "status": {
      "description": "Optional, like Current or Resolved.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
🟢catalog_freshness

How current the catalog is: the snapshot served and when it was built.

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {},
  "required": [],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

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