Skills pipeworx-fda

US FDA open data — adverse drug event reports, drug labeling/package inserts, and food recall enforcement actions

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/openclaw/skills

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openclaw/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/b-gutman/pipeworx-fda" ~/.claude/skills/clawdbot-skills-pipeworx-fda && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/b-gutman/pipeworx-fda/SKILL.md

source content

FDA Open Data

Search the US Food and Drug Administration's public databases. Pull adverse drug event reports (FAERS), look up drug labeling and package inserts, and browse food recall enforcement actions. All data is open and requires no API key.

Tools

Tool	Description
`search_drug_events`	Search FDA adverse drug event (FAERS) reports by drug name, reaction, or keyword
`search_drug_labels`	Search drug labeling / package inserts by brand name, generic name, or active ingredient
`search_food_recalls`	Search food recall enforcement actions by product name, company, or reason

Use cases

Investigating reported side effects for a specific medication
Looking up official prescribing information and contraindications
Monitoring food recalls for safety-critical applications
Pharmacovigilance research across the FAERS database

Example: adverse events for metformin

curl -s -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fda/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_drug_events","arguments":{"query":"metformin","limit":3}}}'

Returns reported reactions, drug dosage info, patient demographics, and outcome classifications.

MCP config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-fda": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote@latest", "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/fda/mcp"]
    }
  }
}