`revternal_search_developers`

Pack: revternal · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

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

Search a live index of ~12M developers (GitHub-centric) by role, primary programming language, location, and recent activity — for recruiting, GTM/lead-gen, and developer-audience research. Each result is a matching GitHub username, display name, and profile URL; your search filters are echoed back on the response rather than repeated per result. Filters: role (e.g. “backend engineer”, “ai/ml engineer” — spaces/punctuation are normalized to underscores), primary_language (e.g. “Python”, “Rust”), location, active_within_days (only devs active in the last N days), sort_by (“last_active”, “commit_quality”, or “external_contribution_ratio”; default last_active). Paginate with limit + offset — each requested slot costs 1 credit. Requires your own Revternal API key (BYOK) — pass it as _apiKey. Example: revternal_search_developers({ primary_language: “Rust”, active_within_days: 30, limit: 20, _apiKey: ”…” }).

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`role`	string	no	Developer role filter, e.g. “backend engineer”, “ai/ml engineer”, “frontend engineer”.
`primary_language`	string	no	Primary programming language, e.g. “Python”, “Rust”, “TypeScript”.
`location`	string	no	Location filter, e.g. “Berlin”, “United States”.
`active_within_days`	number	no	Only developers active within the last N days (>=1).
`sort_by`	string	no	Sort field: “last_active” (default), “commit_quality”, or “external_contribution_ratio”.
`limit`	number	no	Results per page, 1-100 (default 20). Each requested slot costs 1 credit.
`offset`	number	no	Pagination offset (default 0).
`_apiKey`	string	yes	Your Revternal API key (sent as x-api-key), from https://revternal.com/signup. Required — Pipeworx has no platform key for this pack.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "primary_language": "Rust",
  "active_within_days": 30,
  "limit": 20
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/revternal/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"revternal_search_developers","arguments":{"primary_language":"Rust","active_within_days":30,"limit":20}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('revternal_search_developers', {
  "primary_language": "Rust",
  "active_within_days": 30,
  "limit": 20
});

More examples

{
  "role": "backend engineer",
  "location": "Berlin",
  "active_within_days": 7,
  "sort_by": "last_active",
  "limit": 50,
  "offset": 0
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

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

Connect to just the revternal pack

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

revternal_search_developers