`browse`

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

Browse entities of a type filtered by a related entity. e.g. browse editions by work, works by author.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`type`	string	yes	Target entity type
`author`	string	no	Author bbid filter
`work`	string	no	Work bbid filter
`edition`	string	no	Edition bbid filter
`publisher`	string	no	Publisher bbid filter
`series`	string	no	Series bbid filter
`edition_group`	string	no	edition-group bbid filter
`limit`	number	no	1-25 (default 10)
`offset`	number	no	0-based offset

Example call

Arguments

{
  "type": "edition",
  "work": "d15dae29-d478-44a6-b1ab-4e67e7a2f5ae"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bookbrainz/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"browse","arguments":{"type":"edition","work":"d15dae29-d478-44a6-b1ab-4e67e7a2f5ae"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('browse', {
  "type": "edition",
  "work": "d15dae29-d478-44a6-b1ab-4e67e7a2f5ae"
});

More examples

{
  "type": "work",
  "author": "a4e8aa00-5f34-4c71-a2b0-22ae06a62fef",
  "limit": 15
}

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`count`	integer	Total number of results
`offset`	integer	Offset used in the query
`entities`	array	Array of entities matching browse filter

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Browsed entities filtered by related entity",
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Total number of results"
    },
    "offset": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Offset used in the query"
    },
    "entities": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Array of entities matching browse filter",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "Entity with bbid, type, and metadata"
      }
    }
  }
}

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 bookbrainz pack

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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