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PyPI MCP — wraps the Python Package Index (PyPI) JSON API (free, no auth).

4 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

get_package

Get metadata for a Python package on PyPI (the Python Package Index). Returns the latest version, summary, author, license, project URLs, required Python version, keywords, classifiers, and the releas

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get_package_version

Get metadata for a specific version of a Python package on PyPI. Returns the summary, required Python version, the full dependency list (requires_dist, i.e. what pip would resolve), and the downloadab

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list_releases

List all published version strings for a Python package on PyPI, sorted, plus the latest version. Useful to see a package's release history or check which versions are available to pip install.

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get_download_stats

Get recent download counts for a Python package (last day, last week, last month) from pypistats.org. Gauges how popular a pip package is.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pypi/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pypi/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_package","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("get_package", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("pypi mcp — wraps the python package index (pypi) json api (free, no auth)");