`search_books`

Pack: books · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/books/mcp

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

Search for books by title, author, or keyword. Returns title, author, year, ISBN, and cover image URL. Use this to discover books before fetching full details.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Search query (title, author, or keywords)
`limit`	number	no	Number of results to return (1-20, default 5)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "1984 George Orwell"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/books/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_books","arguments":{"query":"1984 George Orwell"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_books', {
  "query": "1984 George Orwell"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "science fiction",
  "limit": 10
}

Response shape

Always returns: total_found, books

Field	Type	Description
`total_found`	number	Total number of matching books found
`books`	array	Array of matching books

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "total_found": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total number of matching books found"
    },
    "books": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "title": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Book title"
          },
          "authors": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "description": "List of author names"
          },
          "first_published": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Year of first publication"
          },
          "isbn": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "First ISBN if available"
          },
          "cover_url": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Cover image URL"
          },
          "open_library_key": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Open Library key identifier"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "title",
          "authors",
          "first_published",
          "isbn",
          "cover_url",
          "open_library_key"
        ]
      },
      "description": "Array of matching books"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "total_found",
    "books"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_books