`search`

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

Solr-powered full-text search across all PLOS open-access journals; supports field-qualified queries (e.g. abstract:CRISPR AND title:gene), pagination, sorting, and custom field selection. Returns title, authors, journal, date, and abstract by default.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	e.g. “abstract:CRISPR AND title:gene”
`rows`	number	no	1-1000 (default 25)
`start`	number	no
`sort`	string	no	e.g. “publication_date desc”
`fl`	string	no	Comma-sep fields to return.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "abstract:CRISPR AND title:gene"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/plos/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search","arguments":{"query":"abstract:CRISPR AND title:gene"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('search', {
  "query": "abstract:CRISPR AND title:gene"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "title:COVID-19 AND publication_date:[2023-01-01T00:00:00Z TO 2023-12-31T23:59:59Z]",
  "rows": 50,
  "sort": "publication_date desc"
}

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`responseHeader`	object	Response metadata from Solr
`response`	object

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "responseHeader": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Response metadata from Solr"
    },
    "response": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "numFound": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Total number of matching documents"
        },
        "start": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Starting position of results"
        },
        "docs": {
          "type": "array",
          "description": "Array of article documents",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "id": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Article DOI"
              },
              "journal": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Journal name"
              },
              "publication_date": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Publication date"
              },
              "title": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Article title"
              },
              "author_display": {
                "type": "array",
                "description": "List of authors",
                "items": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              },
              "abstract": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Article abstract"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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