`search_datasets`

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

“Find research datasets about [topic]” / “open data on [subject]” / “look up [field] datasets” — search research datasets registered in OpenAIRE (Zenodo, Dryad, Figshare, B2SHARE etc.). Use for finding open research data to reuse / cite.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`from_year`	string	no
`to_year`	string	no

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "genomic sequencing data"
}

curl

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

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

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

More examples

{
  "query": "climate observations",
  "from_year": "2015",
  "to_year": "2024"
}

Response shape

Always returns: query, total, page, page_size, count, results

Field	Type	Description
`query`	string	The search query that was executed
`total`	number \| null	Total number of matching datasets
`page`	number \| null	Current page number (1-based)
`page_size`	number \| null	Number of results per page
`count`	number	Number of results in this response
`results`	array	Array of dataset objects

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The search query that was executed"
    },
    "total": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Total number of matching datasets"
    },
    "page": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Current page number (1-based)"
    },
    "page_size": {
      "type": [
        "number",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Number of results per page"
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of results in this response"
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Array of dataset objects",
      "items": {
        "type": "object"
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query",
    "total",
    "page",
    "page_size",
    "count",
    "results"
  ]
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_datasets