`datasets`

Pack: data-cityofchicago · 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/datasets for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Search dataset catalogue.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required
`query`	string	no
`limit`	number	no
`offset`	number	no

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "crime"
}

curl

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

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('datasets', {
  "query": "crime"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "building permits",
  "limit": 10,
  "offset": 0
}

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`results`	array	Array of dataset results
`limit`	number	Result limit applied
`offset`	number	Result offset applied

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Search results from Socrata catalog API",
  "properties": {
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Array of dataset results",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "Dataset metadata"
      }
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Result limit applied"
    },
    "offset": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Result offset applied"
    }
  }
}

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 data-cityofchicago pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "data-cityofchicago": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/data-cityofchicago/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

datasets