`toronto_datasets`

Pack: data-toronto · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/data-toronto/mcp

Search the City of Toronto open-data catalogue (open.toronto.ca, CKAN) by keyword. Returns each matching dataset’s title and its queryable datastore resource ids (use with toronto_query).

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	no	Keyword(s), e.g. “parking”, “trees”, “budget”.
`limit`	number	no	Max datasets (1-50, default 15).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "building permits"
}

curl

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

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('toronto_datasets', {
  "query": "building permits"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "parking",
  "limit": 10
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

toronto_datasets