`search_committees`

Pack: open-fec · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/open-fec/mcp

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

Search political committees (PACs, Super PACs, party committees) by name. Returns committee ID, name, type, designation, party, treasurer, and associated candidates. Example: search_committees(“ActBlue”)

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`_apiKey`	string	yes	OpenFEC API key
`query`	string	yes	Committee name to search (e.g., “Americans for Prosperity”)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "ActBlue",
  "_apiKey": "your-open-fec-api-key"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/open-fec/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_committees","arguments":{"query":"ActBlue","_apiKey":"your-open-fec-api-key"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_committees', {
  "query": "ActBlue",
  "_apiKey": "your-open-fec-api-key"
});

Response shape

Always returns: query, total, returned, committees

Field	Type	Description
`query`	string	Search query used
`total`	number	Total count of committees matching search criteria
`returned`	number	Number of committees returned in this response
`committees`	array	Array of committee records

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Search query used"
    },
    "total": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total count of committees matching search criteria"
    },
    "returned": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of committees returned in this response"
    },
    "committees": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Array of committee records",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "committee_id": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "FEC committee ID"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Committee name"
          },
          "type": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Committee type (e.g., Super PAC, Party Committee)"
          },
          "designation": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Committee designation"
          },
          "party": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Associated party"
          },
          "state": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "State code"
          },
          "treasurer": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Treasurer name"
          },
          "organization_type": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Organization type"
          },
          "filing_frequency": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Filing frequency"
          },
          "cycles": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "number"
            },
            "description": "Election cycles for which committee filed"
          },
          "candidate_ids": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "description": "Associated candidate IDs"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query",
    "total",
    "returned",
    "committees"
  ]
}

Connect

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-fec": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/open-fec/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_committees