`search`

Pack: rfc-editor · 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/search for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Substring search in title/abstract.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes
`status`	string	no

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "HTTP"
}

curl

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

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('search', {
  "query": "HTTP"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "TLS",
  "status": "PROPOSED STANDARD"
}

Response shape

Always returns: query, count, results

Field	Type	Description
`query`	string	Normalized search query
`count`	number	Number of results returned
`results`	array	Array of matching RFC entries

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Normalized search query"
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of results returned"
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "doc_id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "RFC document ID"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "RFC title"
          },
          "date": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Publication date"
          },
          "current_status": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Current status of the RFC"
          },
          "publication_status": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Publication status"
          },
          "abstract": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "RFC abstract"
          },
          "authors": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "description": "List of author names"
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "Array of matching RFC entries"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query",
    "count",
    "results"
  ]
}

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 rfc-editor pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rfc-editor": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/rfc-editor/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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