`search`

Pack: gov-uk-content · 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 for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Search everything published on GOV.UK — guidance, forms, statistics, consultations, news, policy papers and departmental manuals — by free text, optionally narrowed to one document format. Returns titles, URL paths and publication timestamps.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required
`query`	string	yes
`count`	number	no
`start`	number	no
`filter_format`	string	no

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "driving license"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gov-uk-content/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search","arguments":{"query":"driving license"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('search', {
  "query": "driving license"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "passport renewal",
  "count": 20,
  "start": 0,
  "filter_format": "guidance"
}

Response shape

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Search results from GOV.UK full search API"
}

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 gov-uk-content pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gov-uk-content": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/gov-uk-content/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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