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Twitch Helix API — top games by viewers, live streams, channel search, and user/channel profile lookup.

4 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

top_games

Get the top games currently being streamed on Twitch, ranked by number of viewers. Returns game id, name, and box art. Example: top_games({ first: 20 })

No parameters required.

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get_streams

Get live Twitch streams, optionally filtered by game name and/or language. Returns streamer name, title, current viewer count, and thumbnail for each live stream. Omit `game` for the overall top live

No parameters required.

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search_channels

Search Twitch channels/streamers by name or keyword. Returns matching channels with display name, the game they stream, whether they are live now, title, and thumbnail. Example: search_channels({ quer

No parameters required.

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get_user

Look up a Twitch user/channel by login (username). Returns profile info: id, display name, description, view count, broadcaster type, account creation date, and profile image. Example: get_user({ logi

No parameters required.

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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/twitch/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/twitch/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"top_games","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("top_games", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("twitch helix api — top games by viewers, live streams, channel search, and user/channel profile lookup");