`get_reviews`

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

⚠️ UPSTREAM-UNRELIABLE — Yelp Fusion’s /reviews endpoint has been 404-ing on most ids since mid-2026 even for valid businesses. PREFER get_business (which sometimes inlines a snippet) or search_businesses for review-context queries. If you must call get_reviews: pass the ENCRYPTED business id (long alphanumeric, e.g. “WavvLdfdP6g8aZTtbBQHTw”) returned in search_businesses results — aliases / slugs (e.g. “garaje-san-francisco”) reliably 404. Returns up to 3 review snippets per business (rating, text, author, timestamp); “limit” is capped by Yelp upstream regardless of what you pass.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`id`	string	yes	Yelp business id or alias (from search_businesses results).
`limit`	number	no	Number of reviews to return (default 3, max 50).
`sort_by`	string	no	Sort order: “yelp_sort” (default) or “newest”.
`_apiKey`	string	no	Required — your own Yelp Fusion key. Pipeworx fronts no platform key for Yelp (Fusion plan is $229/mo, #2275 open); every call is refused with none.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "id": "WavvLdfdP6g8aZTtbBQHTw",
  "limit": 3,
  "sort_by": "yelp_sort"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/yelp/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_reviews","arguments":{"id":"WavvLdfdP6g8aZTtbBQHTw","limit":3,"sort_by":"yelp_sort"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_reviews', {
  "id": "WavvLdfdP6g8aZTtbBQHTw",
  "limit": 3,
  "sort_by": "yelp_sort"
});

More examples

{
  "id": "WavvLdfdP6g8aZTtbBQHTw",
  "limit": 5,
  "sort_by": "newest"
}

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 yelp pack

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

get_reviews