`lookup_license`

Pack: licenses · 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/lookup_license for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Look up an open-source license by its exact SPDX id (e.g. “MIT”, “Apache-2.0”, “GPL-3.0-only”, “BSD-3-Clause”). Returns the full name, OSI/FSF approval, deprecation status, and reference URLs. Keyless.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`spdx_id`	string	yes	An SPDX license id, e.g. “Apache-2.0”.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "spdx_id": "MIT"
}

curl

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

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('lookup_license', {
  "spdx_id": "MIT"
});

More examples

{
  "spdx_id": "Apache-2.0"
}

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 licenses pack

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

lookup_license