`get_contract_abi`

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

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

Verified contract ABI as JSON (if the contract is verified on Etherscan).

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`address`	string	yes	Contract address
`chain`	string	no	Chain slug or chain ID (default ethereum)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "address": "0xa0b86991c6218b36c1d19d4a2e9eb0ce3606eb48"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/etherscan/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_contract_abi","arguments":{"address":"0xa0b86991c6218b36c1d19d4a2e9eb0ce3606eb48"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_contract_abi', {
  "address": "0xa0b86991c6218b36c1d19d4a2e9eb0ce3606eb48"
});

More examples

{
  "address": "0x7a250d5630b4cf539739df2c5dacb4c659f2488d",
  "chain": "polygon"
}

Response shape

Always returns: chain_id, address, verified, abi

Field	Type	Description
`chain_id`	number	Numeric chain ID
`address`	string	The queried contract address
`verified`	boolean	Whether contract is verified on Etherscan
`abi`	unknown	Parsed ABI array or string, null if unverified

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "chain_id": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Numeric chain ID"
    },
    "address": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The queried contract address"
    },
    "verified": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether contract is verified on Etherscan"
    },
    "abi": {
      "description": "Parsed ABI array or string, null if unverified"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "chain_id",
    "address",
    "verified",
    "abi"
  ]
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

get_contract_abi