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Pillwise

dev.pillwise/pillwise · v1.0.0

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

Connect Remote server

Terminal
claude mcp add --transport http pillwise https://api.pillwise.dev/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pillwise": {
      "url": "https://api.pillwise.dev/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "pillwise": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.pillwise.dev/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Claude Desktop
Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://api.pillwise.dev/mcp

Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.

Tools 9 found in our last check

  • search_medications

    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.

  • get_form_options

    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.

  • get_drug

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

  • get_packages

    The package NDCs that belong to a Pillwise drug id.

  • lookup_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.

  • lookup_rxcui

    The clinical drug for an RxCUI.

  • list_recalls

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

  • list_shortages

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

  • catalog_freshness

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

Headers

NameDescription
Authorization
Required, secret
Pillwise API key as a bearer token. Free sandbox keys (pw_test_) at https://pillwise.dev

Details

Endpointhttps://api.pillwise.dev/mcp (Streamable HTTP)
First published17 Oct 2026
Last updated17 Oct 2026
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