USGS ScienceBase

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USGS ScienceBase catalog MCP.

3 tools
0ms auth
free tier 50 calls/day

Tools

search_items

Search the USGS ScienceBase catalog (sciencebase.gov) — the U.S. Geological Survey's scientific data catalog of datasets, publications, and projects, with summaries, categories, dates, and direct down

No parameters required.

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get_item

Get a single ScienceBase catalog item by id — full summary, categories, types, dates, contacts, web links, and attached files (download URLs). e.g. id "58f8be37e4b0b7ea5452260e". Keyless.

No parameters required.

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item_children

List the child items of a ScienceBase catalog item. The catalog is hierarchical — collections and folders contain sub-items (use get_item to check has_children). Keyless.

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