search

Pack: catalogueoflife · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/catalogueoflife/mcp

Name-usage search.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
querystringyesFree-text search (e.g. “Panthera leo”).
datasetstringnoChecklistBank dataset key (default ”${DEFAULT_DATASET}” = COL latest release).
limitnumberno1-1000 (default 25).
offsetnumberno
rankstringnoe.g. “species”, “genus”, “family”
statusstringnoaccepted | synonym | bare_name | missapplied | …

Example call

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

Response shape

FieldTypeDescription
offsetnumberResult offset
limitnumberResult limit
resultarrayArray of matching name usages
Full JSON Schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Search results for name-usage query",
  "properties": {
    "offset": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Result offset"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Result limit"
    },
    "result": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Array of matching name usages",
      "items": {
        "type": "object"
      }
    }
  }
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "catalogueoflife": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/catalogueoflife/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

Regenerated from source · build May 21, 2026