search_authors
Pack: dblp · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/dblp/mcp
Search DBLP authors by name. Returns canonical id, affiliation, ORCID when available.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
query | string | yes | Author name (full or partial) |
hits | number | no | 1-1000 (default 30) |
first | number | no | 0-based offset |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/dblp/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_authors","arguments":{}}}'Response shape
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
result | object |
Full JSON Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"result": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"hits": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Total number of author results"
},
"published": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Number of results in this response"
},
"start": {
"type": "number",
"description": "0-based offset of first result"
},
"completed": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Completion timestamp"
},
"hit": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Array of author results",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"info": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Author info string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "DBLP author page URL"
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Canonical author name"
},
"orcid": {
"type": "string",
"description": "ORCID identifier if available"
},
"affiliation": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Author affiliation if available"
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"dblp": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/dblp/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.