`ucdp_conflicts`

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

Armed conflicts recorded by UCDP/PRIO for a country or year: the government and rebel/state parties, whether the fight is over territory or government, intrastate / interstate / internationalized type, intensity (minor vs war), episode start and end dates, and battle-related deaths (best/low/high) for that year. Answers “which armed conflicts were active in Ethiopia in 2023”, “how many battle deaths did the Russia-Ukraine war cause in 2024”, “list wars with over 1,000 deaths”. Example: ucdp_conflicts({ country: “Ethiopia”, year: 2023 })

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`country`	string	no	Country name or Gleditsch-Ward code of the conflict location. Omit for all countries.
`year`	integer	no	Conflict-year, 1946 onward (battle deaths from 1989). Omit for the latest year.
`intensity`	string	no	Filter by intensity: minor (25-999 battle deaths) or war (1,000+)
`limit`	integer	no	Max conflicts to return (default 50, max 500), sorted by battle deaths

Example call

Arguments

{
  "country": "Ethiopia",
  "year": 2023
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ucdp/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"ucdp_conflicts","arguments":{"country":"Ethiopia","year":2023}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('ucdp_conflicts', {
  "country": "Ethiopia",
  "year": 2023
});

More examples

{
  "intensity": "war",
  "year": 2024,
  "limit": 5
}

Connect

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

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

ucdp_conflicts