animals

Pack: api-ninjas · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/animals for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

API Ninjas animals: facts about an animal species by name. Returns a list of { name, taxonomy, locations, diet, habitat, lifespan, top_speed }. Example: animals({ name: “cheetah” }).

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
namestringyesAnimal name to look up, e.g. ‘cheetah’, ‘lion’

Example call

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/api_ninjas/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"animals","arguments":{}}}'

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Connect to just the api-ninjas pack
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "api-ninjas": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/api_ninjas/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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