get_structure

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

Look up a single crystal structure in the Crystallography Open Database (COD) by its numeric COD ID (e.g. “1009000”). Returns the compound/mineral name, chemical formula, space group, full unit-cell parameters (a, b, c, alpha, beta, gamma, volume), bibliographic details (title, authors, journal, year, DOI), and a link to the CIF structure file. Keyless.

Parameters

Example call

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

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.