PoetryDB

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PoetryDB — search and browse public-domain poems by author, title, or line text; fetch random poems. Keyless.

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Tools

search_poems

Search public-domain poems on PoetryDB by author and/or title (partial matches allowed). At least one of author or title is required. Returns full poem text (capped). Keyless.

No parameters required.

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get_poem_lines

Full-text search within poem lines on PoetryDB — finds any poem containing the given phrase in one of its lines. Returns full poem text (capped). Keyless.

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random_poems

Fetch one or more random public-domain poems from PoetryDB. Returns full poem text (capped). Keyless.

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list_authors

List all authors available in PoetryDB. Keyless.

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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/poetrydb/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/poetrydb/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_poems","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_poems", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("poetrydb — search and browse public-domain poems by author, title, or line text; fetch random poems");