`search_software`

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

“Find research software for [task]” / “academic / open-source tools for [field]” — search research software registrations in OpenAIRE. Use for finding citable scientific software tied to published research.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "bioinformatics alignment tool"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openaire/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_software","arguments":{"query":"bioinformatics alignment tool"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_software', {
  "query": "bioinformatics alignment tool"
});

Response shape

Always returns: query, total, page, page_size, count, results

Field	Type	Description
`query`	string	The search query that was executed
`total`	number \| null	Total number of matching software items
`page`	number \| null	Current page number (1-based)
`page_size`	number \| null	Number of results per page
`count`	number	Number of results in this response
`results`	array	Array of software objects

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The search query that was executed"
    },
    "total": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Total number of matching software items"
    },
    "page": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Current page number (1-based)"
    },
    "page_size": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Number of results per page"
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of results in this response"
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Array of software objects",
      "items": {
        "type": "object"
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query",
    "total",
    "page",
    "page_size",
    "count",
    "results"
  ]
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_software