`get_prizes_by_year`

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

Get all Nobel Prizes awarded in a specific year, optionally filtered by category (e.g., “Chemistry”, “Peace”). Returns laureate names, categories, and citations.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`year`	number	yes	Year to look up (e.g., 2023). Must be 1901 or later.
`category`	string	no	Nobel Prize category: phy (Physics), che (Chemistry), med (Medicine), lit (Literature), pea (Peace), eco (Economics)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "year": 2023
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nobel/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_prizes_by_year","arguments":{"year":2023}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_prizes_by_year', {
  "year": 2023
});

More examples

{
  "year": 1921,
  "category": "phy"
}

Response shape

Always returns: year, count, prizes

Field	Type	Description
`year`	number	The year queried
`count`	number	Number of prizes awarded that year
`prizes`	array	List of Nobel Prizes awarded in the year

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "year": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "The year queried"
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of prizes awarded that year"
    },
    "prizes": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of Nobel Prizes awarded in the year",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "category": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Prize category code"
          },
          "category_full": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Full prize category name"
          },
          "date_awarded": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Date the prize was awarded"
          },
          "motivation": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Prize motivation or citation"
          },
          "prize_amount_sek": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Prize amount in Swedish Kronor (SEK)"
          },
          "laureates": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Laureates who received the prize",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "id": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ],
                  "description": "Unique laureate identifier"
                },
                "name": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ],
                  "description": "Laureate name"
                },
                "motivation": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ],
                  "description": "Individual motivation for this laureate"
                },
                "portion": {
                  "type": [
                    "string",
                    "null"
                  ],
                  "description": "Portion of prize received"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "year",
    "count",
    "prizes"
  ]
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

get_prizes_by_year