stack_tags
Pack: stackexchange · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/stackexchange/mcp
List or search StackOverflow / StackExchange tags with question counts and synonym info — top tags by popularity, tags matching a name fragment, or stats for specific tags. Answers “most popular StackOverflow tags”, “how many questions are tagged X”, “which tags have more than N questions”. Example: stack_tags({ sort: “popular”, limit: 20 }) or stack_tags({ inname: “python” })
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
inname | string | no | Filter to tags whose name contains this fragment, e.g. “python” |
tags | string | no | Exact tag names to look up, semicolon-separated, e.g. “java;python;rust” |
sort | string | no | popular (question count, default) | name | activity |
min_count | number | no | Only return tags with at least this many questions (server-side when sort=popular) |
site | string | no | StackExchange site (default stackoverflow) |
limit | number | no | Max tags to return, 1-100 (default 20) |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/stackexchange/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"stack_tags","arguments":{}}}'Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"stackexchange": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/stackexchange/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.