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Develop a medical-symptom MCP server that takes patient-entered symptoms, maps them to ICD-10 codes via a local knowledge base, and returns a JSON of probable diagnoses with confidence scores.

Verdict: Your medical symptom → ICD-10 MCP server idea appears to be a strong candidate for winning. It aligns with a high-impact, real-world problem, demonstrates a structured use of AI (which highlights technical skill), and can be made user-friendly as an API/tool. It’s also something you’re motivated by (you even have a PhD contact interested in it), which is important for execution. Furthermore, since another team is working on clinical triage, it validates the domain – but you can differentiate your project by focusing on ICD-10 coding and confidence scoring, giving it a unique edge.