ClearlyDefined
liveDeveloperClearlyDefined — the licence, copyright attribution and provenance actually found inside an open-source package, from the Linux Foundation's curated dataset.
Tools
clearlydefined_searchFind ClearlyDefined component coordinates by name pattern across npm, Maven, PyPI, RubyGems, NuGet, crates.io, Packagist, Go and GitHub. Returns coordinate strings like "npm/npmjs/-/express/4.18.2" th
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clearlydefined_definitionGet the curated licence and attribution record for one exact component version from ClearlyDefined: declared SPDX licence, every licence expression discovered in the files, the copyright holders that
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clearlydefined_harvest_statusList which harvesting tools (ScanCode, Licensee, REUSE, FOSSology, clearlydefined) have analysed one exact component version, and at which tool versions. Use it to judge how much evidence sits behind
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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.
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/clearlydefined/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/clearlydefined/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"clearlydefined_search","arguments":{}}}'Use with the SDK
Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("clearlydefined_search", {});// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("clearlydefined — the licence, copyright attribution and provenance actually found inside an open-source package, from the linux foundation's curated dataset");