DataCite

liveResearchScience

DOIs for research datasets, software, and samples — Crossref does papers, DataCite does non-paper research outputs.

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Tools

search_dois

Search DataCite-registered DOIs (research datasets, software, etc.). Filter by free-text query, resource type, year, publisher, or affiliation, and SORT by relevance, recency, citations, downloads, or

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
queryoptstringFree-text query
resource_typeoptstringDataset | Software | Text | Image | Sound | Other
yearoptnumberPublication year
publisheroptstringPublisher filter
affiliationoptstringCreator affiliation
page_sizeoptnumber1-1000 (default 25)
pageoptnumber1-based page
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get_doirequired: doi

Fetch a single DOI record. Returns full metadata: title(s), creators with affiliations and ORCIDs, abstract, publisher, year, dates, related identifiers, subjects, license, sizes/formats.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
doireqstringDOI string
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list_repositories

List DataCite-registered data repositories (e.g., Zenodo, Dryad, Figshare). Filter by query. Useful for "where do I deposit a dataset" lookups.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
queryoptstringRepository name filter
page_sizeoptnumber1-1000
pageoptnumberPage
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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/datacite/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/datacite/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_dois","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_dois", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("dois for research datasets, software, and samples — crossref does papers, datacite does non-paper research outputs");