`search_poems`

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

Search PoetryDB for poems by title or partial title (e.g., “The Road Not Taken”). Returns matching poems with full text, author, and line count. Note: searches titles only, not poem body text.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`author`	string	no	Author name or fragment, e.g. “Dickinson”, “Shakespeare”. Optional if title given.
`title`	string	no	Poem title or fragment, e.g. “Hope”, “Sonnet”. Optional if author given.
`limit`	number	no	Max poems to return (default 10, max 20).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "title": "The Road Not Taken"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/poetrydb/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_poems","arguments":{"title":"The Road Not Taken"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_poems', {
  "title": "The Road Not Taken"
});

More examples

{
  "author": "Dickinson",
  "limit": 5
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_poems