`search_articles`

Pack: elife · 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_articles for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Search eLife — the open-access journal for life sciences & biomedicine — for articles by keyword (gene, disease, method, organism, author, etc.). Returns matching articles with id, title, type, DOI, publication date, authors, and subjects. Keyless.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Search keywords, e.g. “crispr base editing”.
`limit`	number	no	Max results (default 15, max 100).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "crispr base editing"
}

curl

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

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

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

More examples

{
  "query": "alzheimer's disease neuroinflammation",
  "limit": 25
}

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 elife pack

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_articles