# Swissmedic (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-swissmedic)

Swissmedic authorised human medicines — the 'Zugelassene Arzneimittel HAM' list, Switzerland's…

- Trust score: 84/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-06

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 77/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-swissmedic/swissmedic-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-swissmedic/swissmedic-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-swissmedic`: 84/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-swissmedic/pipeworx-mcp-swissmedic.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-swissmedic/pipeworx-mcp-swissmedic)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-swissmedic`
- Version: `0.2.1`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-06.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to pipeworx-io/mcp-swissmedic).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 0 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 73/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 559 tokens (~139/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 5 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Swissmedic MCP server?

Swissmedic runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-swissmedic. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-swissmedic -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-swissmedic
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-swissmedic": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-swissmedic"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "pipeworx-io-swissmedic": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-swissmedic"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add pipeworx-io-swissmedic -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-swissmedic
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "pipeworx-io-swissmedic": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-swissmedic"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add pipeworx-io-swissmedic --command npx --arg -y --arg @pipeworx/mcp-swissmedic
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  pipeworx-io-swissmedic:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-swissmedic"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-swissmedic": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-swissmedic"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add pipeworx-io-swissmedic -t stdio -c npx -a -y @pipeworx/mcp-swissmedic
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-swissmedic": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-swissmedic"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-05 (score 84, +1)

- [security regression] Stability: 0.20 → unverified
- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: unverified
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-11-03 (score 83, +2)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.17

### 2026-10-29 (score 81)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `swissmedic_search` (~274 tokens)

Search Swissmedic's authorised human medicines register (Switzerland) — every authorised product and each of its authorised dosage strengths, with the marketing-authorisation holder, medicine category, dispensing category (prescription tier) and authorisation dates. Answers "is <product> authorised in Switzerland", "who holds the Swiss authorisation for <product>", "what dispensing category is <product> in Switzerland". Real offset+limit pagination with a total match count.

Input parameters:

- `category` (string): Filter on Swissmedic medicine category ("Heilmittelcode"), e.g. "Impfstoffe" (vaccines), "Blutprodukte" (blood products) — substring match.
- `dispensing_category` (string): Filter on dispensing category, e.g. "A" (single dispensing, doctor/pharmacist), "B" (prescription-only), "C"/"D"/"E" (pharmacy/drugstore/general sale). Matches either the dosage-level or medicine-lev…
- `holder` (string): Filter on marketing authorisation holder (substring match).
- `limit` (number): Max rows to return, default 25, max 200.
- `offset` (number): Row offset for pagination, default 0.
- `query` (string): Free text: product name or marketing-authorisation holder.

### `swissmedic_product` (~105 tokens)

The full Swissmedic record(s) for one product by name — every authorised dosage strength, its own authorisation number and dates. Swissmedic's export carries no indication text and no per-product URL, so this returns the authoritative Swissmedic download instead of a paraphrased indication.

Input parameters:

- `name` (string, required): Exact or near-exact product name, e.g. "Vivotif, Kapseln", as it appears in the Swissmedic export.

### `swissmedic_recent_changes` (~77 tokens)

Products first authorised, or with a dosage strength newly authorised, in Switzerland since a given date — a real change signal from the source's own date columns (unlike EMA's Article 57 register, this file does carry authorisation dates).

Input parameters:

- `since` (string, required): Earliest authorisation date to include, YYYY-MM-DD.

### `swissmedic_dataset_info` (~48 tokens)

Dataset metadata: the authoritative Swissmedic bulk-download URL, the source page, current row count, and the full list of distinct medicine categories and dispensing categories used by the search filters.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-swissmedic/pipeworx-mcp-swissmedic#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-06: 84
- 2026-11-05: 84
- 2026-11-04: 83
- 2026-11-03: 83
- 2026-11-02: 81
- 2026-11-01: 81
- 2026-10-31: 81
- 2026-10-30: 81
- 2026-10-29: 81

## Common questions

### What is the Swissmedic MCP server?

Swissmedic is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/swissmedic. Swissmedic authorised human medicines, the 'Zugelassene Arzneimittel HAM' list, Switzerland's… This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-swissmedic).

### Is the Swissmedic MCP server safe to use?

Swissmedic scores 84 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 6 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Swissmedic MCP server expose?

Swissmedic exposes 4 tools: swissmedic_search, swissmedic_product, swissmedic_recent_changes, swissmedic_dataset_info. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 504 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Swissmedic MCP server still maintained?

Swissmedic is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 6 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the Swissmedic MCP server under?

Swissmedic declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

### What did VerifyMCP test on the Swissmedic MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 16 checks on Swissmedic, covering Malware scan, Known CVEs, Install scripts, Dependency health and 12 more. Endpoint Security and Transport & Reachability do not apply to an npm package, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pipeworx/mcp-swissmedic
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-swissmedic
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-swissmedic
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/swissmedic
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-swissmedic/pipeworx-mcp-swissmedic.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-swissmedic/pipeworx-mcp-swissmedic/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-swissmedic/pipeworx-mcp-swissmedic.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-swissmedic/pipeworx-mcp-swissmedic