ROR
liveResearchScienceResearch Organization Registry — canonical IDs and metadata for research orgs. Keyless.
3tools
0msauth
free tier50 calls/day
Tools
ror_searchSearch the Research Organization Registry (ROR) for universities, research institutes, hospitals, companies, and funders by name or acronym, with optional filters for organization type (education, hea
No parameters required.
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ror_getFull ROR record. Accepts the trailing identifier (e.g. "03vek6s52") or the full URL.
No parameters required.
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affiliationrequired: textFuzzy affiliation-string match. Returns candidates with confidence scores.
Parameters
NameTypeDescription
textreqstring—Try it
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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/ror/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/ror/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"ror_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("ror_search", {});ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("research organization registry — canonical ids and metadata for research orgs");