Datagov

liveGovernmentData

Data.gov CKAN API — search and retrieve US government open datasets across all federal agencies, including metadata and download URLs.

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Tools

search_datasets

Search U.S. government open datasets on Data.gov by keyword. Returns titles, descriptions, organizations, formats, and download URLs. Example: search_datasets("climate change", organization: "noaa-gov

No parameters required.

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get_dataset

Get full metadata for a specific Data.gov dataset by its ID or name. Returns title, description, resources (download links), organization, tags, and update frequency.

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list_organizations

List all organizations publishing datasets on Data.gov. Returns organization names and dataset counts. Useful for discovering data publishers.

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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/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/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");