Dryad Research Dataset Search

datadryad/search-datasets

Searches the Dryad Digital Repository for published research datasets by keyword (ecology, genomics, climate, medicine and more): about 30,000 matches for broad terms. Returns up to 10 datasets per page with DOI, title, authors and affiliations, abstract, keywords, field of science, publication date, licence, size and view/download/citation counts. Author contact email addresses are removed from the records. A search that matches nothing returns a count of 0. Dryad data with author email addresses removed, served by Eden Engine; not an official Dryad product.

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Price

$0.0026 per call

You pay the price shown. If a call turns out to cost more than its quote, you pay the actual price, capped at twice the quote. No monthly minimum. Top-ups start at $0.50.

Data source

Dryad Digital Repository

Research data records from the Dryad Digital Repository (datadryad.org). Datasets are published under their own licence, shown in each record's license field (CC0 for the records seen); Dryad asks for scholarly data citation, so cite the dataset by its DOI and title. Served by Eden Engine; not an official Dryad product.

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Five steps: search, inspect, learn, run, settle. No per-tool setup; your agent reaches this tool through the meta-tools it already has.

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agent

// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "datadryad/search-datasets" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "datadryad/search-datasets" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "datadryad/search-datasets", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "datadryad/search-datasets", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

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Pricing

Every charge this tool can incur.

Charge	Price
Per call	$0.0026

Updated: Oct 21, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "q"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "q": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "minLength": 2,
      "description": "Search terms, for example 'ecology', 'stonefly Maryland' or 'coral bleaching'."
    },
    "page": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Page of results, starting at 1. Leave out for the first page."
    },
    "per_page": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 5,
      "maximum": 10,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many datasets to return, 1 to 10. Defaults to 5."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "count",
    "total",
    "_embedded"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Datasets on this page."
    },
    "total": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Total datasets matching the search."
    },
    "_links": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Paging links (self, first, last, next).",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "_embedded": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
        "stash:datasets"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "stash:datasets": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "required": [
              "identifier",
              "title"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "id": {
                "type": "integer",
                "description": "Dryad's internal numeric id."
              },
              "title": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "authors": {
                "type": "array",
                "items": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "additionalProperties": true
                },
                "description": "Authors with names, affiliations (with ROR ids) and ORCID where given. Author contact email addresses are removed."
              },
              "license": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Licence URL, for example https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html."
              },
              "metrics": {
                "type": "object",
                "description": "views, downloads and citations counts.",
                "additionalProperties": true
              },
              "abstract": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "HTML abstract."
              },
              "keywords": {
                "type": "array",
                "items": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              },
              "identifier": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "The dataset DOI, for example doi:10.5061/dryad.hdr7sqvmg. Cite the dataset with it."
              },
              "sharingLink": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "storageSize": {
                "type": "integer",
                "description": "Size of the files in bytes."
              },
              "fieldOfScience": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "publicationDate": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "YYYY-MM-DD."
              },
              "lastModificationDate": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "YYYY-MM-DD."
              }
            },
            "additionalProperties": true
          },
          "description": "The datasets of this page; empty when nothing matches."
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": true
    }
  },
  "description": "Dryad's search envelope: `count` datasets on this page, `total` matches overall, and the datasets under `_embedded`.",
  "additionalProperties": true
}