`get_authors`

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

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

Look up an author by slug (e.g., “albert-einstein”). Returns bio, description, and total quote count. Without a slug, returns a page of the author list — the upstream list is unordered and cannot be searched, so prefer passing a slug.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`slug`	string	no	Author slug(s) to look up, e.g. “albert-einstein”. Supports pipe-separated values for multiple authors.
`limit`	number	no	Authors per page when browsing without a slug (1–100, default 20; rounded up to 10/25/50/100)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "slug": "albert-einstein"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/quotable/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_authors","arguments":{"slug":"albert-einstein"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_authors', {
  "slug": "albert-einstein"
});

More examples

{
  "slug": "albert-einstein|mark-twain",
  "limit": 2
}

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`count`	number
`authors`	array

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "authors": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "slug": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "bio": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "quote_count": {
            "type": "number"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

get_authors