ImplementationGuide resource (FHIR R4)

ImplementationGuide is the FHIR R4 resource for a set of rules of how a particular interoperability or standards problem is solved - typically through the use of FHIR resources.

Resource	ImplementationGuide
FHIR version	R4 (4.0.1)
Canonical URL	http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/ImplementationGuide
Required elements	url (1..1), name (1..1), status (1..1), packageId (1..1), fhirVersion (1..*)

Example

{
  "resourceType": "ImplementationGuide",
  "id": "implementationguide-964044b72339d09f0f569a9f83c6a9c3",
  "url": "http://example.org/pidgeon/synthetic",
  "name": "Synthetic value",
  "status": "draft",
  "packageId": "id864f7d6ffe5a6119ef4d6ab1bc2d000d",
  "fhirVersion": [
    "0.01"
  ]
}

Generated by the Pidgeon engine: pidgeon generate ImplementationGuide --seed 20260722.

Validation context

strict pidgeon validate grades a ImplementationGuide instance against the base R4 structure definition: missing required elements raise REQUIRED_FIELD_MISSING and cardinality violations raise CARDINALITY_MIN or CARDINALITY_MAX.(REQUIRED_FIELD_MISSING)

This answer, in your terminal

pidgeon lookup ImplementationGuide

Wire it into your AI agent:

claude mcp add pidgeon -- npx -y @pidgeonhealth/mcp

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