@pipeworx/plos

PLOS Search API MCP — full-text search across all PLOS open-access journals. Keyless (PLOS's Solr-backed API).

Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1394+ live data sources.

Tools

• search(query, rows?, start?, sort?, fl?) — Solr-style search

• article(doi) — article by DOI

• search_authored_by(name, rows?) — articles by author name

• recent(rows?) — most recent publications across PLOS

Related MCP server: mcp-pubmed

Data source

https://api.plos.org/search (use the q Solr query syntax).

Quick Start

Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "plos": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/plos/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway for access to all 1394+ data sources:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Using with ask_pipeworx

Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English:

ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Plos data" })

The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.

More

• Docs and guides

• pipeworx.io

License

MIT