`search_datasets`

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

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

Search CDC public health datasets by keyword. Returns dataset names, descriptions, IDs, and update dates. Example: search_datasets(“influenza surveillance”).

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Search keywords (e.g., “covid cases”, “influenza”, “vaccination rates”, “mortality”)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "covid cases"
}

curl

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

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_datasets', {
  "query": "covid cases"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "influenza surveillance"
}

Response shape

Always returns: count, datasets

Field	Type	Description
`count`	number	Number of datasets returned
`datasets`	array

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of datasets returned"
    },
    "datasets": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Socrata dataset ID"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Dataset name"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Dataset description (truncated to 300 chars)"
          },
          "category": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Dataset category"
          },
          "modified_at": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "ISO 8601 timestamp of last modification"
          },
          "columns": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "description": "Column names (up to 15)"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "id",
          "name",
          "description",
          "category",
          "modified_at",
          "columns"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "count",
    "datasets"
  ]
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_datasets