articlerequired: doiFetch a single PLOS article record by DOI (e.g. 10.1371/journal.pone.0153207), returning title, authors, publication date, journal, and abstract.
Parameters
NameTypeDescription
doireqstring—Try it
Response
PLOS
liveResearchSciencePLOS journals Solr search — all PLOS open-access content. Keyless.
4tools
0msauth
free tier50 calls/day
Tools
searchrequired: querySolr-powered full-text search across all PLOS open-access journals; supports field-qualified queries (e.g. abstract:CRISPR AND title:gene), pagination, sorting, and custom field selection. Returns tit
Parameters
NameTypeDescription
queryreqstring—rowsoptnumber—startoptnumber—sortoptstring—floptstring—Try it
Response
search_authored_byrequired: nameArticles by author name.
Parameters
NameTypeDescription
namereqstring—rowsoptnumber—Try it
Response
recentMost recent publications across PLOS.
Parameters
NameTypeDescription
rowsoptnumber—Try it
Response
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/plos/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/plos/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search","arguments":{"query": "hello"}}}'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", {"query":"example"});ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("plos journals solr search — all plos open-access content");