`check_attribution`

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

Given a quote and (optionally) the author it is claimed to be by, return one of four verdicts: “verified” (genuine, with citation), “misattributed” (no primary source — popular but fake), “paraphrase_of_verified” (popular corruption of a real quote, returns the actual text), or “no_match” (not in corpus). Useful for journalists, researchers, and anyone tired of fake Mark Twain quotes.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`text`	string	yes	The quote text to check.
`claimed_author`	string	no	Optional: who the quote is popularly attributed to (e.g., “Oscar Wilde”, “Mark Twain”). Narrows the check.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "text": "Be yourself; everyone else is taken",
  "claimed_author": "Oscar Wilde"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/quotes/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"check_attribution","arguments":{"text":"Be yourself; everyone else is taken","claimed_author":"Oscar Wilde"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('check_attribution', {
  "text": "Be yourself; everyone else is taken",
  "claimed_author": "Oscar Wilde"
});

More examples

{
  "text": "The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated",
  "claimed_author": "Mark Twain"
}

{
  "text": "You have bewitched me, body and soul",
  "claimed_author": "Jane Austen"
}

{
  "text": "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do"
}

Response shape

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Attribution verdict with status and optional actual quote"
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

check_attribution