`search_articles`

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

Search spaceflight news articles by keyword. Returns matching articles with title, summary, URL, and publication date.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Search query (e.g. “SpaceX Starship launch”)
`limit`	number	no	Number of results to return (default 10, max 100)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "SpaceX Starship launch"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/spacenews/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_articles","arguments":{"query":"SpaceX Starship launch"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_articles', {
  "query": "SpaceX Starship launch"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "NASA Moon mission",
  "limit": 15
}

Response shape

Always returns: query, total, returned, articles

Field	Type	Description
`query`	string	The search query used
`total`	number	Total number of matching articles
`returned`	number	Number of articles returned in this response
`articles`	array

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The search query used"
    },
    "total": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total number of matching articles"
    },
    "returned": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of articles returned in this response"
    },
    "articles": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "number",
            "description": "Article ID"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Article title"
          },
          "summary": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Article summary"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Article URL"
          },
          "image_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Article image URL"
          },
          "source": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "News site source"
          },
          "published_at": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Publication date (ISO 8601)"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "id",
          "title",
          "summary",
          "url",
          "image_url",
          "source",
          "published_at"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query",
    "total",
    "returned",
    "articles"
  ]
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_articles