Open-Source Licenses (SPDX)

live UtilityReference

Look up an open-source license by SPDX id (MIT, Apache-2.0, GPL-3.0-only), search the license list, and fetch full license text. From official SPDX data. Keyless.

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Tools

lookup_license

Look up an open-source license by its exact SPDX id (e.g. "MIT", "Apache-2.0", "GPL-3.0-only", "BSD-3-Clause"). Returns the full name, OSI/FSF approval, deprecation status, and reference URLs. Keyless

No parameters required.

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search_licenses

Search the SPDX license list by keyword (matches the id or name), e.g. "GPL", "creative commons", "mozilla". Keyless.

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get_license_text

Fetch the full license text for an SPDX id (e.g. "MIT"). Keyless.

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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/licenses/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/licenses/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"lookup_license","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("lookup_license", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("look up an open-source license by spdx id (mit, apache-2");