`search_players`

Pack: opendota · 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_players for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Search Dota 2 players by persona (display) name. Returns matching account IDs and similarity scores. OpenDota keyless data; may be empty if rate-limited.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	yes	Persona / display name to search for.
`limit`	number	no	Max players to return (default 10).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "name": "Arteezy",
  "limit": 5
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/opendota/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_players","arguments":{"name":"Arteezy","limit":5}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_players', {
  "name": "Arteezy",
  "limit": 5
});

More examples

{
  "name": "N0tail"
}

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 opendota pack

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_players