PermID

liveFinance

Refinitiv / LSEG Permanent Identifier — open canonical IDs for organizations, instruments, quotes, people. Free 5,000 req/day.

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free tier50 calls/day
🔑Authentication

BYO only. Requires an LSEG account at permid.org. The signup flow is multi-step but the API itself is free (5,000 req/day). Pass _apiKey on the gateway URL.

Config with credentials
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-permid": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/permid/mcp?_apiKey=your_permid_token"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Tools

search_entitiesrequired: query

Search PermID for organizations, people, instruments, or quotes by name. Returns PermID, primary type, name, and a brief context. Use get_entity with the PermID for the full linked-data record.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
queryreqstringFree-text search
entity_typeoptstringorganization | person | instrument | quote | all
limitoptnumber1-100 (default 20)
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get_entityrequired: permid

Fetch the raw JSON-LD PermID record for a numeric PermID (e.g. "4295905573"). Returns the full linked-data payload from api-eit.refinitiv.com under the key "raw" — extract organization name, LEI, RIC,

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
permidreqstringPermID numeric string
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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/permid/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/permid/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_entities","arguments":{"query": "hello"}}}'

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_entities", {"query":"example"});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("refinitiv / lseg permanent identifier — open canonical ids for organizations, instruments, quotes, people");