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OWID indicators — curated catalog of high-signal global datasets (energy, climate, health, demographics, economy). No auth.

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Tools

fetch_indicator required: slug

Fetch tidy long-format data for an OWID indicator by slug. Returns {entity, year, value} rows.

Parameters
Name Type Description
slug req string OWID chart slug
country opt string Filter to a single entity
since_year opt number Drop rows before this year
until_year opt number Drop rows after this year
limit opt number Cap rows (default 5000)
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get_indicator_metadata required: slug

Fetch metadata for an OWID indicator: title, units, source, last updated.

Parameters
Name Type Description
slug req string OWID chart slug
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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/owid/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/owid/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"list_popular_indicators","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("list_popular_indicators", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("owid indicators — curated catalog of high-signal global datasets (energy, climate, health, demographics, economy)");