# medlineplus-mcp

> medlineplus-mcp — chrisvo-medlineplus-mcp. Use this tool when you need to retrieve trustworthy patient-friendly health education links based on clinical codes or medication names. It solves the problem of providing accurate and reliable health information without accessing private health records, and is useful in healthcare and medical contexts. The tool takes clinical codes or medication names as input and outputs relevant links from MedlinePlus Connect.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/chrisvo-medlineplus-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/chrisvo-medlineplus-mcp

## Description

Provides tools to look up patient-friendly health education links from MedlinePlus Connect using clinical codes or medication names, enabling AI agents to retrieve trustworthy reference material without accessing private health records.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.69
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-30

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** ai-ml
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/esqcwwe8ah)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/chrisvo/medlineplus-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "chrisvo-medlineplus-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/chrisvo-medlineplus-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/chrisvo-medlineplus-mcp/pull`

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