`search`

Pack: inspire-hep · 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.

Literature search.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Lucene/Solr query, e.g. “title higgs AND author maldacena”.
`sort`	string	no	mostrecent \| mostcited (default mostrecent)
`size`	number	no	1-250 (default 25)
`page`	number	no	1-based (default 1)
`fields`	string	no	Comma-sep list of fields to return.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "title higgs AND author maldacena"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/inspire-hep/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search","arguments":{"query":"title higgs AND author maldacena"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('search', {
  "query": "title higgs AND author maldacena"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "author einstein",
  "sort": "mostcited",
  "size": 50,
  "page": 1
}

Response shape

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Search results from INSPIRE-HEP literature 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 inspire-hep pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "inspire-hep": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/inspire-hep/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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