`algorithm_lookup`

Pack: algorithm-finder · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/algorithm_lookup for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

One named algorithm, data structure or technique in full: what it solves, preconditions, complexity bounds with their kind (worst-case / expected / amortized) and textbook citations, when to use it and what to use instead, the NIST DADS dictionary entry (definition, relations, implementation links), the cp-algorithms article, Skiena Algorithm Repository problem pages, and which languages Rosetta Code has solutions in. Accepts short names (“Dijkstra”, “KMP”, “union-find”) and aliases.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	yes	Method name or alias, e.g. “Dijkstra”, “Floyd-Warshall”, “red-black tree”, “Hopcroft-Karp”, “LRU”.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "name": "Dijkstra"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/algorithm-finder/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"algorithm_lookup","arguments":{"name":"Dijkstra"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('algorithm_lookup', {
  "name": "Dijkstra"
});

More examples

{
  "name": "Floyd-Warshall"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the algorithm-finder pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "algorithm-finder": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/algorithm-finder/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

algorithm_lookup