`search`

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

Full-text search of PANGAEA earth/environmental science datasets (oceanography, climate, geology, biology, paleo). Returns dataset title, DOI, authors, year, and topics. Use for questions like “ocean temperature datasets”, “Arctic sea ice cores”, “CO2 flux measurements”.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	no	Free-text search, e.g. “ocean temperature”, “Arctic sea ice”. Omit to browse everything.
`size`	number	no	Results to return (default 20, max 50).
`from`	number	no	Offset for pagination (default 0).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "q": "climate change temperature"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/pangaea/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search","arguments":{"q":"climate change temperature"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('search', {
  "q": "climate change temperature"
});

More examples

{
  "q": "ocean salinity",
  "size": 20,
  "from": 0
}

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`took`	number	Time in milliseconds for the search
`timed_out`	boolean	Whether the search timed out
`_shards`	object	Shard information
`hits`	object	Search hits container

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Full-text dataset search results from PANGAEA Elasticsearch",
  "properties": {
    "took": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Time in milliseconds for the search"
    },
    "timed_out": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the search timed out"
    },
    "_shards": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Shard information",
      "properties": {
        "total": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "successful": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "skipped": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "failed": {
          "type": "number"
        }
      }
    },
    "hits": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Search hits container",
      "properties": {
        "total": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "value": {
              "type": "number",
              "description": "Total number of matching documents"
            },
            "relation": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        },
        "max_score": {
          "type": [
            "number",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "Maximum relevance score"
        },
        "hits": {
          "type": "array",
          "description": "Array of matching documents",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "_index": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "_id": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "_score": {
                "type": [
                  "number",
                  "null"
                ]
              },
              "_source": {
                "type": "object",
                "description": "Document source"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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