Lens Org

liveResearchScience

Patents and scholarly works from Lens.org, linked so a paper can be traced to the patents citing it.

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🔑Authentication

BYO token only. Lens.org grants API access per account and is free for academic use. Pass the Bearer token as _apiKey on the gateway URL.

Config with credentials
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-lens-org": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/lens-org/mcp?_apiKey=your_lens_token"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Get an API key →

Tools

patent

Fetch a single Lens.org patent record by its lens_id (requires Bearer token); returns full bibliographic data including claims, inventors, and priority dates.

No parameters required.

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scholarly

Fetch a single Lens.org scholarly work by its lens_id (requires Bearer token); returns full metadata including abstract, authors, citations, and open-access links.

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/lens-org/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/lens-org/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"patents_search","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("patents_search", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("patents and scholarly works from lens");