`descendants`

Pack: mitre-cwe · 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/descendants for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

“All weaknesses derived from [CWE]” / “full subtree below [N]” / “every variant of [X]” — full transitive descendants (children, grandchildren, …) of a CWE. Use for exhaustive coverage analysis — e.g. “every memory-safety weakness” via descendants of CWE-664/119.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`id`	string	yes

Example call

Arguments

{
  "id": "434"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mitre-cwe/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"descendants","arguments":{"id":"434"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('descendants', {
  "id": "434"
});

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`cwe_id`	string	Root CWE identifier
`name`	string	Root CWE name
`descendants`	array	Recursive array of descendant CWEs with their subtrees

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Full descendant subtree of a CWE",
  "properties": {
    "cwe_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Root CWE identifier"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Root CWE name"
    },
    "descendants": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Recursive array of descendant CWEs with their subtrees",
      "items": {
        "type": "object"
      }
    }
  }
}

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 mitre-cwe pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mitre-cwe": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mitre-cwe/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

descendants