Bioregistry

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Bioregistry — look up biological data prefix metadata, resolve CURIEs to provider URLs, and search the unified biodata identifier registry.

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Tools

prefix

Fetch full Bioregistry metadata for a biological database prefix (e.g. "chebi", "hpo", "uniprot"), including canonical URI pattern, synonyms, homepage, and cross-registry mappings.

No parameters required.

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resolve

Resolve a CURIE (prefix:id) to a provider URL.

No parameters required.

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prefixes

Paginate over all registered Bioregistry prefixes (2,000+); returns full prefix records for each entry. Use limit/offset to page through the complete registry.

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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/bioregistry/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/bioregistry/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"prefix","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("prefix", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("bioregistry — look up biological data prefix metadata, resolve curies to provider urls, and search the unified biodata identifier registry");