`tags`

Pack: the-guardian · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/the-guardian/mcp

Browse The Guardian’s content tags (topics, series, contributors, and keywords like “climate-change” or “long-read”). Filter by q substring, type (keyword/series/contributor), or section. Returns tag IDs for use in search(tag=…).

Parameters

Name	Type	Required
`q`	string	no
`type`	string	no
`section`	string	no
`page`	number	no
`page_size`	number	no

Example call

Arguments

{
  "q": "london",
  "type": "keyword",
  "page_size": 20
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/the-guardian/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"tags","arguments":{"q":"london","type":"keyword","page_size":20}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('tags', {
  "q": "london",
  "type": "keyword",
  "page_size": 20
});

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`response`	object

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "List of Guardian tags",
  "properties": {
    "response": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "status": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Response status"
        },
        "userTier": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "User tier level"
        },
        "total": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Total number of tags"
        },
        "startIndex": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Start index of current page"
        },
        "pageSize": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Number of tags per page"
        },
        "currentPage": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Current page number"
        },
        "pages": {
          "type": "number",
          "description": "Total number of pages"
        },
        "results": {
          "type": "array",
          "description": "Array of tag results",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "id": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Tag ID"
              },
              "type": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Tag type"
              },
              "webTitle": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Tag web title"
              },
              "webUrl": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Tag web URL"
              },
              "apiUrl": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Tag API endpoint"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Connect

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-guardian": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/the-guardian/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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