MedlinePlus¶
MedlinePlus is the right source when you need plain-language disease or symptom context alongside structured biomedical identifiers. In BioMCP, MedlinePlus supplements biomcp discover for disease and symptom-oriented prompts; it is suppressed for gene, drug, pathway, and other flows where consumer-health prose would add noise.
Disease clinical_features now uses Monarch/HPO phenotype annotations instead of MedlinePlus clinical summaries, so MedlinePlus remains a discover-only supplemental source.
What BioMCP exposes¶
| Command | What BioMCP gets from this source | Integration note |
|---|---|---|
biomcp discover <query> |
Plain-language context for disease and symptom queries | Supplemental only; OLS4 remains the required structured-concept backbone |
Example commands¶
Returns structured discover follow-ups with supplemental MedlinePlus plain-language context when the query resolves as a disease or symptom flow.
Adds consumer-health context only when the resolved concept is disease- or symptom-oriented.
Keeps MedlinePlus supplemental to structured concept resolution.
API access¶
No BioMCP API key required. BioMCP uses the public MedlinePlus Search endpoint for supplemental discover context.
Official source¶
MedlinePlus is the official NLM consumer-health site. BioMCP uses the public MedlinePlus Search endpoint for the surfaces described here.