Encyclopedia of Life
live ScienceBiodiversityBiodiversity taxa from EOL — search names, fetch taxon pages, hierarchies. Keyless.
4 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day
Tools
search
required: query Search EOL for a name (common or scientific).
Parameters
Name Type Description
query req string — limit opt number — Try it
Response
get_page
required: id Fetch a taxon page by EOL id.
Parameters
Name Type Description
id req number — detail opt boolean — Try it
Response
pages_by_name
required: name Find EOL page id(s) for an exact scientific name.
Parameters
Name Type Description
name req string — Try it
Response
hierarchy
required: taxon_id Taxonomic hierarchy for an EOL hierarchy entry id.
Parameters
Name Type Description
taxon_id req number — Try it
Response
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/eol/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/eol/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search","arguments":{"query": "hello"}}}'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", {"query":"example"}); ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("biodiversity taxa from eol — search names, fetch taxon pages, hierarchies");Related packs
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