HANK_SCHOLAR
beta
Sourced medical-coding answers from a licensed knowledge base, every claim cites its source, with authoritative CPT and ICD descriptors from HANK Codesets. Available as a browser chat, an OpenAI-compatible REST API, or MCP.
Base URL
https://api.hank.ai/v1/scholar/
Authentication
Send your API key as a bearer token. See Authentication.
Operations
| Operation | What it does | Unit |
|---|---|---|
chat.turn | One assistant turn in a Scholar chat completion. LLM-backed, so its true cost is higher than a plain lookup, retune upward here as needed. Billed per turn (unit_count = turns). | call |
lookup | Standard Scholar query, the default per-call price. Billed per call. | call |
mcp.tool_call | One MCP tool invocation against Scholar. Billed per tool call. | call |
MCP
This service exposes an MCP server. Add it in Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport http hank-scholar https://api.hank.ai/v1/scholar/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"Quickstart
curl https://api.hank.ai/v1/scholar/ \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>'