Open Tree of Life MCP
The Open Tree of Life MCP server allows AI agents to resolve scientific species names to taxon IDs, retrieve detailed taxonomic lineages and synonyms, and find the most recent common ancestor for multiple taxa within the synthetic tree of life.
Package and access
Local package with source-attributed installation metadata. Koskamo does not execute packages during review.
What you can do with it
- Resolve scientific names to taxon IDs
- Retrieve taxonomic lineages
- Find common ancestors
Source and maintenance
- Last repository push
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
Source-provided package data. Koskamo has not executed or live-probed this package.
@pipeworx/mcp-opentreeoflife 0.2.0
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "@pipeworx/mcp-opentreeoflife",
"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
Reported by the attributed source; not independently observed by Koskamo.
Maintenance history
Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.
- · repository · passed · metadata changed · updated
- · backfill · recorded · Pre-expansion baseline; unobserved rich metadata remains unknown
Connect from your client
Each snippet configures the same source-provided package; replace placeholders before use.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"open-tree-of-life-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-opentreeoflife": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-opentreeoflife@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"open-tree-of-life-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-opentreeoflife": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-opentreeoflife@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"open-tree-of-life-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-opentreeoflife": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-opentreeoflife@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"open-tree-of-life-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-opentreeoflife": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-opentreeoflife@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
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