Figshare

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Figshare open research repository — search 7M+ papers, datasets, posters, code, and theses; retrieve articles, files, and collections.

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free tier50 calls/day

Tools

articles

Papers, datasets, posters and code on figshare, the open-research repository.

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article

Fetch full metadata for a single Figshare article by numeric id, optionally at a specific version. Returns title, authors, description, DOI, license, categories, and file list.

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article_files

List downloadable files attached to a Figshare article by numeric id (optionally a specific version). Returns file names, sizes, MIME types, and direct download URLs.

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collections

Search Figshare collections (curated groups of articles) by keyword query; supports pagination via page/page_size. Returns collection id, title, description, and article count.

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collection

Fetch full metadata for a single Figshare collection by numeric id, including title, description, authors, DOI, and list of contained article ids.

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categories

List Figshare categories (parent → leaves).

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licenses

List Figshare license options (id, name, url).

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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/figshare/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/figshare/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"articles","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("articles", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("figshare open research repository — search 7m+ papers, datasets, posters, code, and theses; retrieve articles, files, and collections");