generated: '2026-08-15'
method: derived
status: candidate
source: >-
  openapi/independence-blue-cross-patient-access-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/independence-blue-cross-provider-directory-api-openapi.yml,
  openapi/independence-blue-cross-formulary-api-openapi.yml
search_note: >-
  NO MCP server exists. Searched the web for an Independence Blue Cross / IBX Model Context Protocol
  server, checked the developer portal and developer-resources page, and probed every IBX host for an
  MCP or agent surface — /.well-known/ai-plugin.json 404 on eapics.ibx.com, devportal.ibx.com and
  www.ibx.com; /.well-known/agent-card.json and /.well-known/agent.json 404 on all three (403 on
  member.ibx.com, which rejects all anonymous requests). Independence Blue Cross has no public GitHub
  organization and ships no npm/PyPI package. The tools below are a DERIVED CANDIDATE surface computed
  from the provider's own OpenAPI operations — a proposal for what an MCP server over these FHIR APIs
  would expose, not something anyone ships today.
deployment:
  mode: none
  endpoint: null
  install: null
  package: null
  auth: unknown
  verified: derived
  note: >-
    mode is none because Independence Blue Cross publishes neither a remote MCP endpoint nor a local
    stdio package. No endpoint URL is guessed here. If IBX later ships a server, the Patient Access
    tools would carry SMART on FHIR OAuth 2.0 (member-consented, patient-context) while the Provider
    Directory and Formulary tools would need no auth at all — a split that makes the two public APIs
    by far the easier agent surface to stand up.
server:
  name: independence-blue-cross
  transport: null
  url: null
tools:
  # ---- Provider Directory (public, no auth) ----
  - name: search_practitioners
    description: >-
      Search the Independence Blue Cross in-network provider directory for practitioners by name,
      specialty, identifier (NPI) or location. Public; no authentication.
    source_operation: openapi/independence-blue-cross-provider-directory-api-openapi.yml#get_Practitioner
    auth: none
  - name: get_practitioner
    description: Read one practitioner from the provider directory by FHIR logical id.
    source_operation: openapi/independence-blue-cross-provider-directory-api-openapi.yml#get_Practitioner_rid
    auth: none
  - name: search_practitioner_roles
    description: >-
      Search PractitionerRole — the join between a clinician, the organization they practise for, the
      locations they work at, and the services they provide.
    source_operation: openapi/independence-blue-cross-provider-directory-api-openapi.yml#get_PractitionerRole
    auth: none
  - name: search_organizations
    description: Search in-network organizations (practices, hospitals, facilities).
    source_operation: openapi/independence-blue-cross-provider-directory-api-openapi.yml#get_Organization
    auth: none
  - name: search_locations
    description: Search in-network practice locations, including address and hours of operation.
    source_operation: openapi/independence-blue-cross-provider-directory-api-openapi.yml#get_Location
    auth: none
  - name: search_healthcare_services
    description: Search the healthcare services offered at in-network locations.
    source_operation: openapi/independence-blue-cross-provider-directory-api-openapi.yml#get_HealthcareService
    auth: none
  - name: search_insurance_plans
    description: Search Independence Blue Cross insurance plans and their provider networks.
    source_operation: openapi/independence-blue-cross-provider-directory-api-openapi.yml#get_InsurancePlan
    auth: none
  - name: search_organization_affiliations
    description: Search affiliations between organizations in the Independence network.
    source_operation: openapi/independence-blue-cross-provider-directory-api-openapi.yml#get_OrganizationAffiliation
    auth: none
  - name: search_endpoints
    description: Search technical endpoints published for organizations in the directory.
    source_operation: openapi/independence-blue-cross-provider-directory-api-openapi.yml#get_Endpoint
    auth: none
  # ---- Drug Formulary (public, no auth) ----
  - name: search_formulary_drugs
    description: >-
      Search the Independence Blue Cross covered drug list for a medication, returning tier and prior
      authorization / step therapy indicators. Public; no authentication.
    source_operation: openapi/independence-blue-cross-formulary-api-openapi.yml#get_MedicationKnowledge
    auth: none
  - name: get_formulary_drug
    description: Read one formulary drug entry by FHIR logical id.
    source_operation: openapi/independence-blue-cross-formulary-api-openapi.yml#get_MedicationKnowledge_rid
    auth: none
  - name: search_formulary_lists
    description: Search the formulary drug lists published per insurance plan.
    source_operation: openapi/independence-blue-cross-formulary-api-openapi.yml#get_List
    auth: none
  # ---- Patient Access (SMART on FHIR, member consent required) ----
  - name: get_member_profile
    description: Read the authenticated member's demographic Patient record.
    source_operation: openapi/independence-blue-cross-patient-access-api-openapi.yml#get_Patient
    auth: oauth2 (SMART patient/*.read)
    consequence: reads protected health information
  - name: search_member_coverage
    description: Retrieve the authenticated member's coverage records.
    source_operation: openapi/independence-blue-cross-patient-access-api-openapi.yml#get_Coverage
    auth: oauth2 (SMART patient/*.read)
    consequence: reads protected health information
  - name: search_member_claims
    description: >-
      Retrieve the authenticated member's adjudicated claims and encounter data as CARIN Blue Button
      ExplanationOfBenefit resources.
    source_operation: openapi/independence-blue-cross-patient-access-api-openapi.yml#get_ExplanationOfBenefit
    auth: oauth2 (SMART patient/*.read)
    consequence: reads protected health information
  - name: search_member_conditions
    description: Retrieve the authenticated member's Condition (problem list / diagnosis) records.
    source_operation: openapi/independence-blue-cross-patient-access-api-openapi.yml#get_Condition
    auth: oauth2 (SMART patient/*.read)
    consequence: reads protected health information
  - name: search_member_medications
    description: Retrieve the authenticated member's MedicationRequest records.
    source_operation: openapi/independence-blue-cross-patient-access-api-openapi.yml#get_MedicationRequest
    auth: oauth2 (SMART patient/*.read)
    consequence: reads protected health information
  - name: search_member_observations
    description: Retrieve the authenticated member's Observation (labs, vitals) records.
    source_operation: openapi/independence-blue-cross-patient-access-api-openapi.yml#get_Observation
    auth: oauth2 (SMART patient/*.read)
    consequence: reads protected health information
  - name: search_member_immunizations
    description: Retrieve the authenticated member's Immunization history.
    source_operation: openapi/independence-blue-cross-patient-access-api-openapi.yml#get_Immunization
    auth: oauth2 (SMART patient/*.read)
    consequence: reads protected health information
  - name: search_member_encounters
    description: Retrieve the authenticated member's Encounter records.
    source_operation: openapi/independence-blue-cross-patient-access-api-openapi.yml#get_Encounter
    auth: oauth2 (SMART patient/*.read)
    consequence: reads protected health information
coverage:
  rest_operations_total: 60
  tools_proposed: 21
  tools_published: 0
note: >-
  Every proposed tool is read-only, because every one of the 60 published IBX operations is a GET. An
  MCP server over this surface could not mutate member data even in principle. The Patient Access tools
  carry PHI and must inherit the member's SMART consent — they are not safe to expose to an agent
  without a per-member authorization flow and are marked accordingly.