bioRxiv

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bioRxiv + medRxiv preprint API — fetch preprints by DOI or date, see which were later published. Keyless.

7 tools
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Tools

details

DEPRECATED ALIAS for biorxiv_details — identical behavior, kept for existing callers. New callers should use biorxiv_details.

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biorxiv_details

bioRxiv / medRxiv preprint metadata by DOI or by date / date range.

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published

DEPRECATED ALIAS for biorxiv_published — identical behavior, kept for existing callers. New callers should use biorxiv_published.

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biorxiv_published

bioRxiv / medRxiv preprints that have since been published in a peer-reviewed journal.

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publisher

DEPRECATED ALIAS for biorxiv_publisher — identical behavior, kept for existing callers. New callers should use biorxiv_publisher.

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biorxiv_publisher

bioRxiv / medRxiv preprints subsequently published by a given DOI prefix (e.g. "10.1038" for Nature).

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summary

bioRxiv submission/publication counts. Interval: "m" (monthly, default) or "y" (yearly). bioRxiv only — medRxiv has no /sum endpoint.

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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/biorxiv/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/biorxiv/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"details","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("details", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("biorxiv + medrxiv preprint api — fetch preprints by doi or date, see which were later published");