Nist Beacon

live Utility

NIST Randomness Beacon MCP.

5 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

last_pulse

Most recent pulse.

No parameters required.

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pulse_at

Pulse at UTC time (epoch ms).

No parameters required.

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pulse_by_chain_pulse

Pulse by chain + pulse index.

No parameters required.

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latest_in_chain

Latest pulse in chain.

No parameters required.

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chain_info

Chain metadata.

No parameters required.

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