`search_studies`

Pack: cbioportal · 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 public cancer genomics studies in cBioPortal (TCGA, CPTAC, MSK, etc.) by keyword. Matches study name, study id, or cancer-type id (case-insensitive). Returns study ids, names, cancer types, and sample counts. Keyless, open data.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	no	Keyword to match against study name / id / cancer type (e.g. “breast”, “tcga”, “glioma”). Omit to list studies.
`limit`	number	no	Max studies to return (default 25, max 100).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "breast"
}

curl

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

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

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

More examples

{
  "query": "tcga",
  "limit": 50
}

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 cbioportal pack

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_studies