`search_studies`

Pack: biostudies · 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/search_studies for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Search EBI BioStudies — a keyless database of biological study descriptions that links across EBI archives (ArrayExpress, PRIDE, etc.). Find studies by keyword and get accession, title, authors, type, release date, and link/file counts.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Keyword query, e.g. “crispr” or “breast cancer”.
`limit`	number	no	Max results per page, default 15, max 100.
`page`	number	no	Page number, default 1.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "crispr gene editing"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/biostudies/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_studies","arguments":{"query":"crispr gene editing"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_studies', {
  "query": "crispr gene editing"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "breast cancer",
  "limit": 25,
  "page": 1
}

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 biostudies pack

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_studies