get_hierarchy

Pack: itis · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/itis/mcp

Walk the full taxonomic hierarchy (lineage) for a TSN from ITIS — kingdom down to the taxon and its children. Returns each rank with its tsn, name, rank, and parent_tsn. Pass a TSN from search_taxa. Keyless.

Parameters

Example call

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/itis/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"get_hierarchy","arguments":{}}}'

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "itis": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/itis/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.