`origin_status`

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

Report whether one repository URL is archived, and as of when. Returns the most recent visit that produced a usable snapshot: the visit date, the snapshot id, and the visit type (git, hg, svn, npm, pypi…). This is the tool that answers “is this code safe” — a repository that vanishes tomorrow is recoverable from the snapshot named here. Pass the origin URL exactly as it appears in origin_search; the archive treats a differing URL as a different origin. Sourced from the Software Heritage archive.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`url`	string	yes	Full origin URL as archived (e.g. “https://github.com/torvalds/linux”).

Example call

Arguments

{
  "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/softwareheritage/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"origin_status","arguments":{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('origin_status', {
  "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux"
});

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 softwareheritage pack

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

origin_status