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Nothing to run from here
Catalogueoflife is installed from its publisher's own source and answers where it runs, so this marketplace is not in the path of a single call. There is no address here to send one to, and a panel that pretended otherwise would be showing you an answer we made up. Install it and call it from your own client — the Installation tab has the entry for each one.
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What it does
Catalogue of Life MCP — global taxonomic index.
Quickstart
# 1 — add it to Claude Code
claude mcp add --scope user --transport http pipeworx-io-catalogueoflife-mcp https://gateway.pipeworx.io/catalogueoflife/mcp
# 2 — ask your agent for something these tools do
# search, name_match, usage and 5 more
Catalogueoflife costs nothing on mcprush: there is no plan to choose here, no cap to set and nothing mcprush can bill you for.
Publishernot claimed
PIAll 1825 servers
pipeworx-io1825 servers
29 categories
Collected from a public index. Nobody has claimed this account, so nothing here was written by its author — claim it if it is yours.
Installation
Where are you running it?
Every route below installs the same thing and ends at the same approval screen. Nothing here runs on your machine and nothing runs on ours: this server answers at its publisher’s own address, and what you install is the connection straight to it.
Claude Codedeclared by this listing
This is a public server: it answers at its publisher’s own address and this marketplace is not in the path. Claude Code registers it in one command; --scope user makes it available in every project. The transport below is http, as the publisher's own manifest declares it.
claude mcp add --scope user --transport http pipeworx-io-catalogueoflife-mcp https://gateway.pipeworx.io/catalogueoflife/mcpReconnect, or start a new session, and the tools appear in the model’s tool list.
Free on mcprush, and it answers at its publisher’s own address: this marketplace is not in the path, so there is no key of ours to hold and no card to add.
What it writes
One config entry pointing straight at the publisher’s own address — this marketplace is not in the path, and nothing from this listing executes on your machine.
What you approve
8 tools, with what each one reads, writes and reaches shown before you agree — the same list on every route above. Read the tool surface.
Tool surface
What the model actually sees. Descriptions are diffed on every release — see version history.
"What is the scientific name of [animal/plant]" / "what family does [species] belong to" / "look up [organism] taxonomy" / "find [genus/family] in the tree of life" / "common name → Latin binomial" / "is [name] a real species" — AUTHORITATIVE taxonomic lookup for any species, genus, family, or higher taxon. Source: Catalogue of Life — the global consensus checklist of every known living organism (
| Parameter | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | string | yes | Free-text search (e.g. "Panthera leo"). |
| dataset | string | no | ChecklistBank dataset key (default "3LR" = COL latest release). |
| limit | number | no | 1-1000 (default 25). |
| offset | number | no | — |
| rank | string | no | e.g. "species", "genus", "family" |
| status | string | no | accepted | synonym | bare_name | missapplied | … |
"Is [Panthera leo] a valid scientific name" / "exact match for [Latin binomial]" / "disambiguate homonyms" — exact scientific-name match returning 0 or 1 hit plus close alternatives. Use when you have a precise Latin name and want to confirm acceptance or distinguish homonyms (same name used for different organisms — pass authorship to disambiguate).
| Parameter | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| scientific_name | string | yes | — |
| authorship | string | no | Optional authorship to disambiguate homonyms. |
| dataset | string | no | — |
Fetch a single Catalogue of Life name-usage record by its COL ID, returning taxon name, authorship, rank, status (accepted/synonym), and source dataset. Use after search or name_match to retrieve the full structured record.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | — |
| dataset | string | no | — |
Fetch a Catalogue of Life accepted taxon record by its COL taxon ID, returning the accepted concept with name, rank, and authorship. Pair with classification for lineage, children to descend the tree, or vernacular for common names.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | — |
| dataset | string | no | — |
"What kingdom / phylum / class / order / family / genus is [species] in" / "taxonomy of [organism]" / "show me the lineage of [animal/plant]" / "where does [species] sit in the tree of life" — returns the full classification chain (kingdom → phylum → class → order → family → genus → species) for a Catalogue of Life taxon ID. Use after search to get the lineage of a specific species.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | — |
| dataset | string | no | — |
"What's the common name for [Latin binomial]" / "what do people call [scientific name]" / "vernacular names of [species]" — list common/vernacular names (in various languages) for a Catalogue of Life taxon. Use to map "Panthera leo" → "lion" / "leon" / "lwów" etc.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | — |
| dataset | string | no | — |
"What are the synonyms of [species]" / "old name for [organism]" / "alternative scientific names" — list synonyms (alternative or historical scientific names) currently mapped to a single Catalogue of Life accepted taxon. Use to map outdated taxonomy to current names.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | — |
| dataset | string | no | — |
"What species are in [genus]" / "all members of [family]" / "species under [order]" / "direct descendants of [taxon]" — list immediate child taxa under a Catalogue of Life parent taxon. Use to walk down the tree of life one rank at a time.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | — |
| dataset | string | no | — |
| limit | number | no | 1-1000 (default 100). |
Free
$0 forever
- Every tool — any call limit is its publisher’s, not ours
- No card, and mcprush charges nothing for it
- Runs at its publisher’s own address — this marketplace is not in the path
- Nothing to cap, because mcprush bills nothing
What counts against your monthly calls
| Tool | Unit | Calls used | Out of the allowance |
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Nothing here is billable: mcprush charges nothing to install Catalogueoflife or to call it, at any volume.
Call allowance · this installenforced at the gateway
Monthly allowance, in calls
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Release history
This is an address its publisher runs: which release it serves is theirs to choose, so there is nothing here to pin. The history below is for reading; the current release on file is 0.1.2.
0.1.2
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