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Canonical SPDX open-source license list with full text and OSI/FSF flags. Keyless.

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list_licenses

List SPDX licenses with optional OSI/FSF/deprecated filters.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
osiApprovedoptboolean—
fsfLibreoptboolean—
deprecatedoptboolean—
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get_licenserequired: id

Get metadata for one SPDX license by id.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
idreqstring—
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get_license_textrequired: id

Get full license text for one SPDX license id.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
idreqstring—
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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/spdx-license/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/spdx-license/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"list_licenses","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("list_licenses", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("canonical spdx open-source license list with full text and osi/fsf flags");