data.gov.uk

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data.gov.uk MCP — UK national open-data portal (CKAN API).

4 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

search_datasets

Search the data.gov.uk catalogue (CKAN package_search) across 57k+ UK government open datasets. Returns matching datasets with titles, descriptions, publishing organization, and resources. Content is

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dataset_details

Full dataset record by id or slug (CKAN package_show), including its resources. Each resource exposes a downloadable file: read "url" (the download link), "format" (CSV/XLSX/ZIP/etc.), and "name". dat

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list_organizations

List publishing organizations on data.gov.uk (CKAN organization_list) — UK government departments, agencies, councils, NHS bodies, ONS, etc. Use a returned org "name" as fq="organization:<name>" in se

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organization_details

Full details for one publishing organization (CKAN organization_show): display name, description, dataset count, and (optionally) a sample of its datasets. Use to learn what a given UK publisher relea

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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/datagov-uk/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/datagov-uk/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_datasets","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("search_datasets", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("data");