Dart Pub Dev Search

Usage

Use the MCP tool dev-swarm.request to send the payload as a JSON string:

{"server_id":"dart","tool_name":"pub_dev_search","arguments":{}}

Tool Description

Searches pub.dev for packages relevant to a given search query. The response will describe each result with its download count, package description, topics, license, and publisher.

Arguments Schema

The schema below describes the arguments object in the request payload.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Search query",
      "description": "The query to run against pub.dev package search.\n\nBesides freeform keyword search `pub.dev` supports the following search query\nexpressions:\n\n  - `\"exact phrase\"`: By default, when you perform a search, the results include\n    packages with similar phrases. When a phrase is inside quotes, you'll see\n    only those packages that contain exactly the specified phrase.\n\n  - `dependency:<package_name>`: Searches for packages that reference\n    `package_name` in their `pubspec.yaml`.\n\n  - `dependency*:<package_name>`: Searches for packages that depend on\n    `package_name` (as direct, dev, or transitive dependencies).\n\n  - `topic:<topic-name>`: Searches for packages that have specified the\n    `topic-name` [topic](/​topics).\n\n  - `publisher:<publisher-name.com>`: Searches for packages published by `publisher-name.com`\n\n  - `sdk:<sdk>`: Searches for packages that support the given SDK. `sdk` can be either `flutter` or `dart`\n\n  - `runtime:<runtime>`: Searches for packages that support the given runtime. `runtime` can be one of `web`, `native-jit` and `native-aot`.\n\n  - `updated:<duration>`: Searches for packages updated in the given past days,\n    with the following recognized formats: `3d` (3 days), `2w` (two weeks), `6m` (6 months), `2y` 2 years.\n\n  - `has:executable`: Search for packages with Dart files in their `bin/` directory.\n\nTo search for alternatives do multiple searches. There is no \"or\" operator.\n  "
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ]
}

Background Tasks

If the tool returns a task id, poll the task status via the MCP request tool:

{"server_id":"dart","method":"tasks/​status","params":{"task_id":"<task_id>"}}