`list_popular_indicators`

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

List curated Our World in Data indicators (slug + title) for common categories: energy, climate, health, demographics, economy, food, education, environment, tech, politics. Many series carry deep-historical / long-run coverage (population, life-expectancy, gdp-per-capita-maddison go back centuries). Use the slug with fetch_indicator. Not exhaustive — visit ourworldindata.org for the full catalog.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`category`	string	no	Optional category filter

Example call

Arguments

{
  "category": "energy"
}

curl

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

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('list_popular_indicators', {
  "category": "energy"
});

More examples

{
  "category": "climate"
}

Response shape

Always returns: count, note, indicators

Field	Type	Description
`count`	number	Number of indicators in the filtered result
`note`	string	Usage note directing users to the full OWID catalog
`indicators`	array

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of indicators in the filtered result"
    },
    "note": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Usage note directing users to the full OWID catalog"
    },
    "indicators": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "slug": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "OWID chart slug identifier"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Human-readable indicator title"
          },
          "category": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Category classification (energy, climate, health, etc.)"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "slug",
          "title",
          "category"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "count",
    "note",
    "indicators"
  ]
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

list_popular_indicators