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ZenQuotes MCP — wraps ZenQuotes API (free, no auth) with a dummyjson

Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1476+ live data sources.

Tools

Tool

Description

random_quote

Fetch a single random inspirational quote (author + text) from ZenQuotes; falls back to dummyjson automatically if ZenQuotes is unavailable. Response includes _source field when served from fallback.

today_quote

Get the quote of the day from ZenQuotes. Returns the same quote for all requests within a given day.

list_quotes

Fetch a batch of up to 50 random inspirational quotes (author + text each) from ZenQuotes; falls back to dummyjson if ZenQuotes is unavailable. Response includes count, quotes array, and _source when from fallback.

Related MCP server: Quote MCP Server

Quick Start

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

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

What this endpoint actually serves

tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/zenquotes/mcp returns the tools in the table above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx, discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and is the authoritative answer for a given day.

This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth, connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.

Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:

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

Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1476+ data sources. The only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx reaches all of them from either one.

Using with ask_pipeworx

Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:

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

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

More

License

MIT

No MCP client? Call it over HTTP

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/zenquotes_random_quote \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{}'

No account needed for the first calls. Inspect any tool: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/zenquotes_random_quote. Find one: POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_packs with {"query":"..."}.

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