pipeworx `openfda` pack — Openfda: 18 tools over MCP at gateway.pipeworx.io/openfda/mcp (platform-keyed, $0.0050 per call, reliability measured 100%)

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# pipeworx `openfda` — Openfda

## Coverage
FDA drug data via openFDA: adverse-event reports and safety-signal tools (FAERS search, event counts, disproportionality/ROR-PRR summaries, reaction profiles, trends), drug and novel-drug approvals (Drugs@FDA, by-company application history), drug labeling, drug and food recalls, drug shortages and shortage changes, complete response letters, warning letters, and a postmarket risk-profile compound.

Catalog `tool_count`: 18. Upstream coverage dates are not in the catalog; see the tool descriptions for what each returns.

## Access
MCP endpoint `https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openfda/mcp` — JSON-RPC `tools/list` and `tools/call` over POST, SSE-framed response (`event: message`, one `data:` line; the answer is in `result.structuredContent`). `tools/list` on 2026-10-01 returned 54 tools: these 18 plus the 36 platform tools every pack endpoint lists.

Tools (names and first sentence of each description as served on 2026-10-01):

- `fda_drug_events` — Search FAERS adverse event reports by drug name, MedDRA reaction term, or date range. Required: `query`.
- `fda_drug_approvals` — Find FDA-approved drugs by brand name, active ingredient, or application number. Required: `query`.
- `fda_applications_by_cik` — Find ALL Drugs@FDA applications for a company by SEC CIK, ticker, or company name — without needing to know its FDA sponsor_name spelling. Required: `cik_or_ticker`.
- `fda_novel_approvals` — Most recent novel drug approvals — the newest drugs approved by the FDA. No required arguments.
- `fda_drug_labels` — Get FDA drug labeling (SPL) by drug name OR by INDICATION. Required: `query`.
- `fda_drug_recalls` — Search FDA drug recalls and enforcement actions by drug name or reason — returns recall classification, date, reason and enforcement status. Required: `query`.
- `fda_drug_shortages` — Search the FDA Drug Shortages database by generic or brand name, manufacturer, status, or an advanced openFDA query. No required arguments.
- `fda_shortage_changes` — FDA drug-shortage records ordered by update_date, newest first, then restricted to the requested look-back window. No required arguments.
- `fda_complete_response_letters` — Search FDA-disclosed Complete Response Letters for drug and biologic applications. No required arguments.
- `fda_crl_detail` — Retrieve one FDA Complete Response Letter by application number and optionally letter date. Required: `application_number`.
- `fda_food_recalls` — Search FDA FOOD recall / enforcement reports (openFDA /food/enforcement) — product recalls, reasons, classification, recalling firm, distribution, and status. No required arguments.
- `fda_event_counts` — Aggregate adverse events by reaction type, patient age, or outcome. Required: `query`, `count_field`.
- `fda_warning_letters` — Search FDA WARNING LETTERS — official enforcement letters FDA sends firms for violations (CGMP, adulterated/misbranded products, unapproved claims). No required arguments.
- `fda_faers_signal_summary` — Calculate report-level FAERS disproportionality routing metrics for one drug/reaction pair using a 2×2 reporting table. Required: `drug`, `reaction`.
- `fda_faers_reaction_profile` — Summarize the most frequently co-reported FAERS reactions plus serious/non-serious report counts for a drug. Required: `drug`.
- `fda_faers_trend` — Aggregate daily FAERS report counts into calendar months for a drug and optional reaction over a bounded date window. Required: `drug`, `from_date`, `to_date`.
- `fda_application_history` — Retrieve one Drugs@FDA NDA, ANDA, or BLA application and return its products and chronological submission-action history. Required: `application_number`.
- `fda_postmarket_risk_profile` — Combine a drug’s FAERS reporting profile, label warning fields, and FDA recall records for review routing. Required: `drug`.

Client setup: `claude mcp add pipeworx-openfda -- npx -y mcp-remote https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openfda/mcp`.

## Auth
Catalog `auth.shape`: `platform-keyed`. Verbatim detail: "Pipeworx supplies the openfda API key — no key needed from you. You may override it with `_apiKey`." No credential is needed at the gateway to list or call (anonymous tier; see the gateway record).

## Rate limits
Gateway anonymous tier: 50 calls per day per IP, reset 00:00 UTC, printed in `x-ratelimit-*` headers (observed 2026-10-01 on the fred and weather packs; this pack was listed, not called). Upstream limits are not stated in the catalog.

## Freshness
Not stated in the catalog. Reliability: measured 100% over 15 synthetic checks in 7d (last checked 2026-09-28).

## Known gaps
- Cost per call as quoted: 50 credits ($0.0050), category `gov`, basis `list`.
- No catalog notes on cost or licence.
- This record is the catalog's description plus one `tools/list`; it is not a test of the upstream data. Reuse it to find the tool, then observe the upstream yourself.

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