`search_packs`

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_packs for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Search Pipeworx packs by keyword or a plain question across pack names, descriptions and tool descriptions (e.g. “weather”, “translate”, “Colombia procurement contracts awarded to a supplier”). Returns matching packs ranked best-first with each one’s matched terms, cost, auth and reliability. Use to find which pack covers a capability before connecting to it; question filler and proper names are ignored, so the subject words are what match.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Keywords or a question naming the data you want. The subject words match (country, system, dataset, topic); names of specific companies or people do not, since no pack describes them.
`limit`	number	no	Maximum packs to return, best match first (1-200, default 25).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "weather"
}

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_packs","arguments":{"query":"weather"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

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

More examples

{
  "query": "translate"
}

{
  "query": "Which public contracts has the supplier Constructora Conconcreto been awarded recently in Colombia SECOP procurement system",
  "limit": 3
}

Response shape

Always returns: query, results, packs

Field	Type	Description
`query`	string	Search query used
`results`	number	Number of matching packs
`packs`	array	Matching packs
`showing`	number	Packs returned when the match list was capped by limit
`truncated`	boolean	True when more packs matched than were returned
`hint`	string	Present only when no pack matched: how to rephrase, or use ask_pipeworx

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Search query used"
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of matching packs"
    },
    "packs": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Matching packs",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "slug": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Pack identifier slug"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Pack display name"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Pack description"
          },
          "category": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Pack category"
          },
          "gateway_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "MCP gateway URL for the pack"
          },
          "matched_terms": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Query words found in this pack's text, best match first",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "tools": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Up to 3 tools in this pack that best match the query, by the EXPOSED name — the one GET/POST /v1/tools/{name} resolves, namespaced when several packs export the same tool name. Not the pack's full list; call get_pack_tools for that.",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "name": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Exact tool name to call, e.g. fred_get_series"
                },
                "summary": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "One line on what the tool returns"
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "name",
                "summary"
              ]
            }
          },
          "next_step": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The exact next request to make for the first named tool, in the shape of the surface this call arrived on (REST /v1/tools/{name}, or MCP tools/call)"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "slug",
          "name",
          "description",
          "category",
          "gateway_url"
        ]
      }
    },
    "showing": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Packs returned when the match list was capped by limit"
    },
    "truncated": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "True when more packs matched than were returned"
    },
    "hint": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Present only when no pack matched: how to rephrase, or use ask_pipeworx"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query",
    "results",
    "packs"
  ]
}

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_packs