`search_mcp_directory`

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

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

Search thousands of MCP servers by use case (e.g., ‘database’, ‘email’, ‘calendar’). Returns community and hosted servers. Use to find tools beyond Pipeworx.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Search query
`category`	string	no	Filter by category
`limit`	number	no	Max results (default 10)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "database"
}

curl

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

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_mcp_directory', {
  "query": "database"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "email",
  "category": "productivity",
  "limit": 20
}

Response shape

Always returns: query, total, results

Field	Type	Description
`query`	string	Search query used
`total`	number	Total number of matching results
`results`	array	MCP server results

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Search query used"
    },
    "total": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total number of matching results"
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "MCP server results",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Server name"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Server title"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Server description"
          },
          "category": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Server category"
          },
          "quality_score": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Quality rating 0-100"
          },
          "verified": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "Whether server is verified"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "name",
          "title",
          "description",
          "category",
          "quality_score",
          "verified"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query",
    "total",
    "results"
  ]
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_mcp_directory