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HealthData.gov MCP — wraps HealthData.gov CKAN API (free, no auth)

2 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

search_datasets

Search HealthData.gov for public health datasets by keyword (e.g., "COVID hospitalizations", "Medicare spending", "opioid prescriptions"). Returns dataset titles, descriptions, organizations, and reso

No parameters required.

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get_dataset

Get full metadata for a HealthData.gov dataset by its package ID. Returns title, description, organization, resources (CSV/JSON download links), update frequency, and tags.

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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/healthdata/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/healthdata/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_datasets","arguments":{}}}'