`search_businesses`

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/search_businesses for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Search for local businesses and restaurants on Yelp by term and location. Returns matching businesses with star ratings, review counts, price, categories, address, and phone. Example: search_businesses({ term: “pizza”, location: “San Francisco, CA” }).

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`term`	string	no	Search term, e.g. “coffee”, “pizza”, “plumber”. Optional.
`location`	string	no	Location to search, e.g. “San Francisco, CA” or “New York”. Provide this OR latitude+longitude.
`latitude`	number	no	Latitude of the search center. Use with longitude instead of location.
`longitude`	number	no	Longitude of the search center. Use with latitude instead of location.
`limit`	number	no	Number of results to return (default 20, max 50).
`sort_by`	string	no	Sort order: “best_match” (default), “rating”, “review_count”, or “distance”.
`price`	string	no	Price filter as comma-separated levels 1-4, e.g. “1,2,3” for $ to $$$.
`open_now`	boolean	no	If true, only return businesses currently open.
`_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

{
  "term": "pizza",
  "location": "San Francisco, CA"
}

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":"search_businesses","arguments":{"term":"pizza","location":"San Francisco, CA"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_businesses', {
  "term": "pizza",
  "location": "San Francisco, CA"
});

More examples

{
  "term": "coffee",
  "latitude": 37.7749,
  "longitude": -122.4194
}

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.

search_businesses