find_occurrences
Pack: obis · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/obis/mcp
Find georeferenced marine occurrence records (latitude, longitude, date, depth, country, locality, basis of record) for a scientific name from OBIS. Optionally filter by date range. Returns the total match count plus a sample of records.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
scientificname | string | yes | Scientific name to search occurrences for, e.g. “Orcinus orca”. |
limit | number | no | Max records to return (default 20, max 100). |
startdate | string | no | Earliest event date, YYYY-MM-DD (optional). |
enddate | string | no | Latest event date, YYYY-MM-DD (optional). |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/obis/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"find_occurrences","arguments":{}}}'Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"obis": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/obis/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.