Nobel Prizes

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Search Nobel Prize laureates and prizes by year and category

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search_laureates

Search Nobel Prize laureates by name and/or category (e.g., "Physics", "Medicine", "Literature"). Returns biography, prizes won, and award motivation.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
nameoptstringLaureate name
categoryoptstringPrize category (phy, che, med, lit, pea, eco)
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get_prizes_by_yearrequired: year

Get all Nobel Prizes awarded in a specific year, optionally filtered by category (e.g., "Chemistry", "Peace"). Returns laureate names, categories, and citations.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
yearreqnumberYear (e.g., 2024)
categoryoptstringFilter by category (phy, che, med, lit, pea, eco)
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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/nobel/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/nobel/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_laureates","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("search_laureates", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("search nobel prize laureates and prizes by year and category");