mcp-catalogueoflife

Catalogue of Life — global taxonomic index of known species (~2.2M accepted names)

Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 250+ live data sources.

Tools

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | search | Name-usage search. | | name_match | Exact scientific-name match (0 or 1 hit + alternatives). | | usage | Single name-usage by id. | | taxon | Taxon by id. | | classification | Taxonomic classification chain (kingdom → species) for a taxon id. | | vernacular | Vernacular (common) names for a taxon. | | synonyms | Synonyms of a taxon. | | children | Direct child taxa. |

Quick Start

Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "catalogueoflife": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/catalogueoflife/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway for access to all 250+ data sources:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Using with ask_pipeworx

Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English:

ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Catalogueoflife data" })

The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.

More

• All tools and guides
• pipeworx.io

License

MIT