`get_indicators`

Pack: who-gho · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/who-gho/mcp

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/get_indicators for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Search or list WHO Global Health Observatory indicators. Returns indicator codes and names. Use the indicator code with get_data to retrieve actual values. Example: get_indicators(“life expectancy”) or get_indicators(“malaria”)

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	no	Optional search keyword to filter indicators (e.g., “mortality”, “tuberculosis”). Omit to list all.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "life expectancy"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/who-gho/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_indicators","arguments":{"query":"life expectancy"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

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

const result = await pipeworx.call('get_indicators', {
  "query": "life expectancy"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "tuberculosis"
}

Response shape

Always returns: total, indicators

Field	Type	Description
`total`	number	Total number of indicators matching the query
`indicators`	array	List of indicators (max 50 returned)

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "total": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total number of indicators matching the query"
    },
    "indicators": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "code": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "WHO indicator code"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Indicator name"
          }
        }
      },
      "description": "List of indicators (max 50 returned)"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "total",
    "indicators"
  ]
}

Connect

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "who-gho": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/who-gho/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

get_indicators