Dataverse Harvard

liveResearchData

Harvard Dataverse — search and retrieve research datasets and files from Harvard's open data repository. Keyless.

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free tier50 calls/day

Tools

dataset

Full metadata for one Harvard Dataverse dataset by its DOI persistent id: title, authors, abstract, subject, keywords, version and publication date. The id must come from search — DOIs cannot be guess

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dataset_files

List all files in the latest version of a Harvard Dataverse dataset identified by its DOI persistent ID (e.g. "doi:10.7910/DVN/..."), returning file names, content types, sizes, and download URLs. For

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dataverse

Dataverse (collection) metadata by alias or id.

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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/dataverse-harvard/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/dataverse-harvard/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search","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", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("harvard dataverse — search and retrieve research datasets and files from harvard's open data repository");