`crs_search`

Pack: crs-reports · 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/crs_search for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Find Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports on a policy topic, statute or programme

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	no	What to search for. Supports quoted phrases and a leading minus to exclude:
`topic`	string	no	One of CRS’s own subject terms, e.g. ‘U.S. Trade Policy’. Exact match — call
`product_class`	string	no	CRS product family: Reports (long R/RL/RS reports), Resources (two-page In Focus),
`author`	string	no	A CRS analyst, exactly as CRS credits them.
`published_since`	string	no	Earliest publication date, YYYY-MM-DD.
`published_before`	string	no	Latest publication date, YYYY-MM-DD.
`limit`	number	no	Results to return, 1–50. Default 10.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "tariffs"
}

curl

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

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

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

More examples

{
  "query": "\"section 232\" tariffs",
  "product_class": "Reports",
  "limit": 5
}

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 crs-reports pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crs-reports": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/crs-reports/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

crs_search