# mcp-plos

> mcp-plos — pipeworx-io-mcp-plos. Use this tool when you need to perform full-text searches across open-access content from PLOS journals, solving problems of information discovery and retrieval in academic research. It provides a Solr-backed search interface, accepting search queries as input and returning relevant results as output. Ideal for researchers and scholars seeking specific articles or topics within the PLOS journal corpus.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-plos  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-plos

## Description

PLOS journals — Solr-backed full-text search across all PLOS OA content

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.65
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-01

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-09-26

## Source

- **Source listing:** [GitHub](https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-plos)

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "pipeworx-io-mcp-plos"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-plos` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-plos/pull`

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