# mcp-catalogueoflife

> mcp-catalogueoflife — pipeworx-io-mcp-catalogueoflife. Use this tool when you need to access a comprehensive global taxonomic index of known species, providing information on approximately 2.2 million accepted names. It solves problems related to species identification, taxonomy, and biodiversity research by offering a reliable and authoritative source of taxonomic data. With git capabilities, it allows for version control and collaboration, taking species name queries as input and returning standardized taxonomic information as output.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-catalogueoflife  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-catalogueoflife

## Description

Catalogue of Life — global taxonomic index of known species (~2.2M accepted names)

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.98
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **Category:** other
- **Updated:** 2026-09-25

## Source

- **Source listing:** [GitHub](https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-catalogueoflife)

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "pipeworx-io-mcp-catalogueoflife"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-catalogueoflife` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-catalogueoflife/pull`

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