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iDigBio MCP

The iDigBio Specimens MCP Server allows AI agents to search, retrieve, and analyze approximately 150 million digitized natural-history museum specimen records from US collections. It provides tools to filter specimens by taxonomy and locality, fetch full normalized records by UUID, and get taxonomic or geographic counts grouped by specific fields.

Package and access

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iDigBio MCP logo, by PipeworxCommunity listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by Pipeworx
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What you can do with it

  • Search digitized museum specimen records by taxonomy and locality
  • Retrieve full normalized records for specific specimens using UUIDs
  • Get taxonomic or geographic specimen counts grouped by field

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.2.0
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Packages and installation

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@pipeworx/mcp-idigbio 0.2.0

npm
@pipeworx/mcp-idigbio package definition
{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@pipeworx/mcp-idigbio",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "PIPEWORX_API_KEY",
      "description": "Optional Pipeworx API key. Without it calls are anonymous and capped daily; a free key raises the cap."
    }
  ]
}

Tools

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Connect from your client

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "idigbio-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-idigbio@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "idigbio-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-idigbio@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "idigbio-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-idigbio@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "idigbio-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-idigbio@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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