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Obis is a hosted Model Context Protocol server that exposes three tools for querying the Ocean Biodiversity Information System. Developers can resolve marine taxa, find georeferenced occurrence records, and retrieve aggregate statistics through JSON-RPC over HTTP.

Inferred · not functionally tested

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Overview

6 features

Purpose: Accessing structured marine biodiversity taxonomy, occurrence, and aggregate statistics data from AI agents.

Inferred · not functionally tested

Audience: developers building AI agents and marine biodiversity researchers

Inferred · not functionally tested

Functions: data_extraction

Inferred · not functionally tested

Interfaces: API: indicated (inferred, not tested) · MCP: indicated (inferred, not tested) · CLI: unknown · Self-hosting: unknown

Recorded constraints: pricing: free · license: Proprietary · platforms: WEB · deployment: browser, api_only, cloud_managed

Constraint provenance is unknown; confirm requirements with the publisher.

Record sources: gateway.pipeworx.io. These links do not verify the individual claims.

obis is a Frameworks & runtimes project. Inferred · not functionally tested: It focuses on accessing structured marine biodiversity taxonomy, occurrence, and aggregate statistics data from AI agents. Inferred · not functionally tested: obis is a B2B product aimed at developers building AI agents and marine biodiversity researchers. Basis unknown · not verified: obis is free to use. Basis unknown · not verified: It ships for the web and API.

It is developed by Pipeworx. Inferred · not functionally tested: Among its 6 catalogued features are taxon lookup, occurrence search, and date filtering. Inferred · not functionally tested: Catalogued interfaces include an MCP server and a public API.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Tasks: Inferred · not functionally tested

  • Taxon lookup
  • Occurrence search
  • Date filtering
  • Taxon statistics
  • JSON-RPC endpoint
  • Live playground

Topics: Inferred · not functionally tested

Tags
marine-biodiversityobis-databasemcp-serverspecies-occurrences

JSON profile · Text profile · Access guide

Built with & integrations

Hosting
Cloudflare
Connectors
MCPAPI
Runs on
BrowserAPI-onlyCloud-managed
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Cloudflare
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Trust & compliance

Public signals
HTTPSFree tier

Indexing history

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What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

  1. Indexed10 Oct · 00:02 UTC
    Obis seen via MCP Registry (official)
    Source: MCP Registry (official) · Open

Frequently asked questions about obis

What does obis do?
Inferred · not functionally tested: Obis focuses on accessing structured marine biodiversity taxonomy, occurrence, and aggregate statistics data from AI agents. It is catalogued under Frameworks & runtimes on PulseGate.
Who is obis for?
Inferred · not functionally tested: obis is a B2B product built for developers building AI agents and marine biodiversity researchers.
Does obis have a free plan?
Basis unknown · not verified: Yes — obis is free to use.
What platforms does obis run on?
Basis unknown · not verified: obis runs on the web and API.
Is obis still active?
Unverified. obis has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What are alternatives to obis?
Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include ebi-ols, bis, and gbif.ebi-olsbisgbif
Who develops obis?
obis is developed by Pipeworx.
Does obis have an API or integrations?
Inferred · not functionally tested: Yes — obis exposes an MCP server and a public API.

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