`npi_individual`

Pack: clinicaltables · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/npi_individual for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

“Find a doctor / clinician / physician by name” / “look up NPI for [provider]” / “verify a doctor’s credentials” / “what’s [Dr. X]‘s NPI” — search the NPPES National Provider Identifier registry for individual US healthcare providers (~5M entries). Returns NPI numbers + provider names. terms can be a name fragment, NPI, or specialty. Use ef to include address, specialty, gender.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "terms": "smith",
  "count": 3
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/clinicaltables/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"npi_individual","arguments":{"terms":"smith","count":3}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('npi_individual', {
  "terms": "smith",
  "count": 3
});

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the clinicaltables pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clinicaltables": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/clinicaltables/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

npi_individual