`search_articles`

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

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

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