sciencebase 3 tools

MCP server exposing 3 tools for sciencebase.

Endpoint

This URL is a JSON-RPC 2.0 endpoint over HTTP. Issue POST requests with a JSON-RPC body. Browsers and search crawlers land here on GET.

POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/sciencebase/mcp
Content-Type: application/json

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}

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 download links. Keyless.
• 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.
• 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.

Full documentation

Code samples (curl / TypeScript / one-click client install), schemas, and the live playground are on the pack page:
https://pipeworx.io/packs/sciencebase/

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