BOLD Systems

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BOLD Systems (Barcode of Life Data System, University of Guelph) — the global DNA barcode reference library: specimen records with collection locality, institution and taxonomy, the COI/rbcL/matK barcode sequences themselves, and BIN (species-proxy cluster) assignments. Keyless.

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free tier50 calls/day

Tools

bold_specimens

"What DNA barcode records exist for [species]" / "show me BOLD specimens of [taxon] from [country]" / "what is in BIN [BOLD:...]" / "which institutions hold barcoded [taxon]" — AUTHORITATIVE specimen

No parameters required.

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bold_sequences

"Get the COI barcode sequence for [species]" / "give me BOLD reference sequences for [taxon]" / "what marker sequences are in BIN [BOLD:...]" / "pull barcode FASTA for [genus] from [country]" — AUTHOR

No parameters required.

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bold_taxonomy

"How many barcodes does BOLD have for [taxon]" / "what is the BOLD taxonomy of [species]" / "how many species in [family] are barcoded" / "is [name] a valid taxon in BOLD" — AUTHORITATIVE taxonomic re

No parameters required.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bold-systems/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bold-systems/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"bold_specimens","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("bold_specimens", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("bold systems (barcode of life data system, university of guelph) — the global dna barcode reference library: specimen records with collection locality, institution and taxonomy, the coi/rbcl/matk barcode sequences themselves, and bin (species-proxy cluster) assignments");