`search_datasets`

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

Search U.S. government open datasets on Data.gov by keyword. Returns titles, descriptions, organizations, formats, and download URLs. Example: search_datasets(“climate change”, organization: “noaa-gov”).

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Search keywords (e.g., “climate change”, “census population”)
`organization`	string	no	Filter by organization slug (e.g., “noaa-gov”, “epa-gov”, “nasa-gov”)
`tags`	string	no	Filter by tag (e.g., “health”, “environment”)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "climate change temperature"
}

curl

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

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_datasets', {
  "query": "climate change temperature"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "census population",
  "organization": "census-gov",
  "tags": "demographics"
}

Response shape

Always returns: total_count, datasets

Field	Type	Description
`total_count`	number	Total number of datasets matching the search query
`datasets`	array

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "total_count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total number of datasets matching the search query"
    },
    "datasets": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Dataset unique identifier"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Dataset name slug"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Human-readable dataset title"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Dataset description (truncated to 300 chars)"
          },
          "organization": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Publishing organization name"
          },
          "formats": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "description": "Available file formats in the dataset"
          },
          "modified": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "ISO timestamp of last metadata modification"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "id",
          "name",
          "title",
          "description",
          "organization",
          "formats",
          "modified"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "total_count",
    "datasets"
  ]
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_datasets