Cortellis MCP Server
About
An MCP server that provides tools to search for drugs, explore ontology terms, and retrieve detailed drug, company, and deal records from the Cortellis database. It requires valid Cortellis API credentials and is intended for developers and researchers working with…
Details
- License
- MIT license
Explore
- Direct access to Cortellis drug and deal database
- Comprehensive drug and deal development status search
- Ontology/taxonomy term exploration
- Detailed drug and deal information retrieval
- SWOT analysis for drugs
- Financial data and forecasts
- Structured JSON responses
- Pagination support for large result sets
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Cortellis MCP ServerCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
The server requires Cortellis API credentials:
envCORTELLIS_USERNAME=your_username
CORTELLIS_PASSWORD=your_password
Before starting make sure Node.js is installed on your desktop for npx to work.
1. Go to: Settings > Developer > Edit Config
2. Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:
json{
"mcpServers": {
"cortellis": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@uh-joan/cortellis-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"CORTELLIS_USERNAME": "your_username",
"CORTELLIS_PASSWORD": "your_password"
}
}
}
}
```
3. Restart Claude Desktop and start exploring drug development data!
cp .env.example .env
query
(string) - Raw search query
company
(string) - Company ID for the developing company (e.g., "18614")
indication
(string) - Indication ID (numeric ID only, e.g., "238" for Obesity). Use explore_ontology to find the correct ID.
action
(string) - Target specific action (e.g., glucagon)
phase
(string) - Development status:
phase_terminated
(string) - Last phase before NDR/DX
technology
(string) - Drug technology (e.g., small molecule)
drug_name
(string) - Name of the drug
country
(string) - Country ID (e.g., "US")
offset
(number) - For pagination
company_size
(string) - The size of a company based on market capitalization in billions USD
developmentStatusDate
(string) - Date of change in status (only possible within LINKED queries). Use RANGE(>=YYYY-MM-DD;<=YYYY-MM-DD) for ranges. Example: `RANGE(>=2023-01-01;<=2023-12-31)`
historic
(boolean) - **Set to true to search using the historic development status fields. This is required for questions about the status of a drug at a specific point in the past (e.g., 'What drugs were in phase 3 in 2019?'). If you want to know the status as it was at a particular date or within a date range, always set historic: true and use the developmentStatusDate parameter.**
term
(string) - Generic search term
category
(string) - Category to search within
target
(string) - Drug target
id
(string) - Numeric Drug Identifier (e.g. "101964" for tirzepatide, not the drug name)
company_name
(string) - Company name to search for
hq_country
(string) - Company headquarters country
deals_count
(string) - Count for all distinct deals where company is principal/partner
indications
(string) - Top 10 indication terms
actions
(string) - Top 10 target-based action terms
technologies
(string) - Top 10 technologies terms
status
(string) - Highest status of linked drugs
dealDrugNamesAll
(string) - Main name of drug including synonyms associated with the deal
dealDrugCompanyPartnerIndications
(string) - The indication and the partner company linked to a drug associated with the deal
dealPhaseHighestStart
(string) - Highest dev. status of the drug at the deal start
dealPhaseHighestNow
(string) - Current highest dev. status of the drug
dealStatus
(string) - Status of the deal
dealSummary
(string) - Summary of the deal
dealTitleSummary
(string) - Title or summary of the deal
dealTitle
(string) - Title of the deal
dealType
(string) - Type of deal
actionsPrimary
(string) - Primary mechanism of action associated with the deal
sortBy
(string) - Sort order for results. Use '+field' for ascending or '-field' for descending. Supported fields: dealDateStart, dealDateEnd, dealDateEventMostRecent, dealTotalPaidSortBy, dealTotalProjectedCurrentSortBy, dealValuePaidToPrincipalMaxSortBy, dealValueProjectedToPrincipalMaxSortBy. Example: '+dealDateStart' for oldest first, '-dealDateStart' for newest first. Useful for queries like 'last 10 deals for a company'.
1. search_drugs
- Search for drugs in the Cortellis database
- Optional Inputs:
- query (string) - Raw search query
- company (string) - Company ID for the developing company (e.g., "18614")
- indication (string) - Indication ID (numeric ID only, e.g., "238" for Obesity). Use explore_ontology to find the correct ID.
- action (string) - Target specific action (e.g., glucagon)
- phase (string) - Development status:
- Uses LINKED format with short codes: S, DR, CU, C1-C3, PR, R, L, OL, NDR, DX, W
- Important: only a single phase value is supported for the phase parameter; do not use OR/AND. If you need to search for multiple phases, run separate queries for each phase.
- Examples:
- phase: "L"
- phase: "C1"
- phase: "C2"
- phase: "C3"
- Status codes:
- S: Suspended
- DR: Discovery/Preclinical
- CU: Clinical (unknown phase)
- C1-C3: Phase 1-3 Clinical
- PR: Pre-registration
- R: Registered
- L: Launched
- OL: Outlicensed
- NDR: No Development Reported
- DX: Discontinued
- W: Withdrawn
- phase_terminated (string) - Last phase before NDR/DX
- Uses short format with double colon: S, DR, CU, C1-C3, PR, R, L, OL, NDR, DX, W
- Supports AND/OR operators
- Examples:
- phase_terminated: "C2"
- phase_terminated: "C2 OR C3"
- technology (string) - Drug technology (e.g., small molecule)
- drug_name (string) - Name of the drug
- country (string) - Country ID (e.g., "US")
- offset (number) - For pagination
- company_size (string) - The size of a company based on market capitalization in billions USD
- Format: '<X' for less than $XB, 'X' for greater than $XB
- developmentStatusDate (string) - Date of change in status (only possible within LINKED queries). Use RANGE(>=YYYY-MM-DD;<=YYYY-MM-DD) for ranges. Example: RANGE(>=2023-01-01;<=2023-12-31)
- historic (boolean) - Set to true to search using the historic development status fields. This is required for questions about the status of a drug at a specific point in the past (e.g., 'What drugs were in phase 3 in 2019?'). If you want to know the status as it was at a particular date or within a date range, always set historic: true and use the developmentStatusDate parameter.
- Returns: JSON response with drug information and development status
2. explore_ontology
- Explore taxonomy terms in the Cortellis database
- Optional Inputs (at least one required):
- term (string) - Generic search term
- category (string) - Category to search within
- action (string) - Target specific action
- indication (string) - Disease/condition
- company (string) - Company name
- drug_name (string) - Drug name
- target (string) - Drug target
- technology (string) - Drug technology
- Returns: JSON response with matching taxonomy terms
3. get_drug
- Return the entire drug record with all available fields for a given identifier
- Required Input:
- id (string) - Numeric Drug Identifier (e.g. "101964" for tirzepatide, not the drug name)
- Example:
{
"tool-name": "get_drug",
"Tool_Parameters": {
"id": "101964"
}
}
- Returns: JSON response with complete drug record
4. get_drug_swot
- Return SWOT analysis complementing chosen drug record
- Required Input:
- id (string) - Numeric Drug Identifier (e.g. "101964" for tirzepatide, not the drug name)
- Example:
{
"tool-name": "get_drug_swot",
"Tool_Parameters": {
"id": "101964"
}
}
- Returns: JSON response with SWOT analysis for the drug
5. get_drug_financial
- Return financial commentary and data (actual sales and consensus forecast)
- Required Input:
- id (string) - Numeric Drug Identifier (e.g. "101964" for tirzepatide, not the drug name)
- Example:
{
"tool-name": "get_drug_financial",
"Tool_Parameters": {
"id": "101964"
}
}
- Returns: JSON response with financial data and commentary
6. get_company
- Return the entire company record with all available fields for a given identifier
- Required Input:
- id (string) - Numeric Company Identifier (not the company name)
- Example:
{
"tool-name": "get_company",
"Tool_Parameters": {
"id": "12345"
}
}
- Returns: JSON response with complete company record
7. search_companies
- Search for companies in the Cortellis database
- Optional Inputs:
- query (string) - Raw search query
- company_name (string) - Company name to search for
- hq_country (string) - Company headquarters country
- deals_count (string) - Count for all distinct deals where company is principal/partner
- Format: '<20' for less than 20 deals
- Format: '20' or '>20' for greater than 20 deals (default behavior)
- indications (string) - Top 10 indication terms
- actions (string) - Top 10 target-based action terms
- technologies (string) - Top 10 technologies terms
- company_size (string) - The size of a company based on market capitalization in billions USD
- Format: '<2' for less than $2B
- Format: '2' or '>2' for greater than $2B (default behavior)
- status (string) - Highest status of linked drugs
- offset (number) - For pagination
- Returns: JSON response with company information
8. search_deals
- Search for deals in the Cortellis database
- Optional Inputs:
- query (string) - Raw search query (if you want to use the full Cortellis query syntax directly)
- dealDrugNamesAll (string) - Main name of drug including synonyms associated with the deal
- indications (string) - Indications associated with the deal
- dealDrugCompanyPartnerIndications (string) - The indication and the partner company linked to a drug associated with the deal
- dealPhaseHighestStart (string) - Highest dev. status of the drug at the deal start
- dealPhaseHighestNow (string) - Current highest dev. status of the drug
- dealStatus (string) - Status of the deal
- dealSummary (string) - Summary of the deal
- dealTitleSummary (string) - Title or summary of the deal
- technologies (string) - Technology linked to the drug
- dealTitle (string) - Title of the deal
- dealType (string) - Type of deal
- actionsPrimary (string) - Primary mechanism of action associated with the deal
- sortBy (string) - Sort order for results. Use '+field' for ascending or '-field' for descending. Supported fields: dealDateStart, dealDateEnd, dealDateEventMostRecent, dealTotalPaidSortBy, dealTotalProjectedCurrentSortBy, dealValuePaidToPrincipalMaxSortBy, dealValueProjectedToPrincipalMaxSortBy. Example: '+dealDateStart' for oldest first, '-dealDateStart' for newest first. Useful for queries like 'last 10 deals for a company'.
- offset (number) - For pagination
- Returns: JSON response with deal information
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"cortellis mcp server": {
"uh-joan_cortellis-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"cortellis-mcp-server"
]
}
}
}
}
McpServers
{
"uh-joan_cortellis-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"cortellis-mcp-server"
]
}
}
MCP Server for searching drugs and exploring ontology terms in the Cortellis database.
Installation
```bash
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