Zenodo

liveResearchScience

Zenodo open research repository — search and retrieve scientific records, datasets, software, and community collections hosted at zenodo.org.

5tools
0msauth
free tier50 calls/day

Tools

record

Single record by Zenodo id.

No parameters required.

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record_files

List files attached to a Zenodo record by its numeric id. Returns file names, sizes, checksums, and direct download URLs.

No parameters required.

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communities

List or search Zenodo communities (thematic collections of records) by optional keyword query; returns community id, title, description, and record count.

No parameters required.

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community_records

Fetch paginated records belonging to a Zenodo community by its slug id (e.g. "openaire"). Returns record metadata, DOIs, and file links for all items in the community.

No parameters required.

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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/zenodo/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/zenodo/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("zenodo open research repository — search and retrieve scientific records, datasets, software, and community collections hosted at zenodo");