`search_datasets`

Pack: govdata-de · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/govdata-de/mcp

Search the GovData.de catalogue (CKAN package_search) — German federal/state/municipal open data. Returns matching datasets with titles/descriptions (mostly German). Query may be German or English; German keywords match more.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Search terms, German or English. e.g. “Verkehr”, “Umwelt”, “Haushalt”, “health”.
`fq`	string	no	Solr filter query, e.g. “organization:bund” or “res_format:CSV” or “groups:gesu”.
`rows`	number	no	Max results, 1-1000 (default 25).
`start`	number	no	0-based offset for paging.
`sort`	string	no	Sort spec, e.g. “metadata_modified desc”.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "Verkehr"
}

curl

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

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

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

More examples

{
  "query": "Umwelt",
  "fq": "res_format:CSV",
  "rows": 50
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "govdata-de": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/govdata-de/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_datasets