`stack_tags`

Pack: stackexchange · 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/stack_tags for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

List or search StackOverflow / StackExchange tags with question counts and synonym info — top tags by popularity, tags matching a name fragment, or stats for specific tags. Answers “most popular StackOverflow tags”, “how many questions are tagged X”, “which tags have more than N questions”. Example: stack_tags({ sort: “popular”, limit: 20 }) or stack_tags({ inname: “python” })

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`inname`	string	no	Filter to tags whose name contains this fragment, e.g. “python”
`tags`	string	no	Exact tag names to look up, semicolon-separated, e.g. “java;python;rust”
`sort`	string	no	popular (question count, default) \| name \| activity
`min_count`	number	no	Only return tags with at least this many questions (server-side when sort=popular)
`site`	string	no	StackExchange site (default stackoverflow)
`limit`	number	no	Max tags to return, 1-100 (default 20)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "sort": "popular",
  "limit": 20,
  "_apiKey": "your-stackexchange-api-key"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/stackexchange/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"stack_tags","arguments":{"sort":"popular","limit":20,"_apiKey":"your-stackexchange-api-key"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('stack_tags', {
  "sort": "popular",
  "limit": 20,
  "_apiKey": "your-stackexchange-api-key"
});

More examples

{
  "inname": "python",
  "min_count": 1000,
  "_apiKey": "your-stackexchange-api-key"
}

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 stackexchange pack

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

stack_tags