UK Government Open Data Search (data.gov.uk Datasets)

datagovukckan/search-datasets

Searches the UK government's open data directory (data.gov.uk) for datasets matching your search terms and returns the total match count plus, for each dataset returned, its title, description, publisher, licence, resources and download links. Only catalogue records come back, not the data files themselves. Each dataset states its own licence in license_id, and some are not under the Open Government Licence. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, served by Omnial; not an official data.gov.uk 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 $5.

Data source

data.gov.uk

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Served by Eden Engine; not an official data.gov.uk product.

Use it

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: "datagovukckan/search-datasets" })

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

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "datagovukckan/search-datasets", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "datagovukckan/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 20, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "q"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "q": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Search terms, for example 'transport', 'flood risk' or 'school admissions'. Matching is loose, so check the titles of what comes back."
    },
    "rows": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 5,
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many dataset records to return, 1 to 20. Defaults to 5. The count field still reports the total number of matches."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "count",
    "results"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Total number of datasets matching the query, not just those returned."
    },
    "facets": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Dataset UUID."
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Dataset slug; pass it as id to the dataset detail tool."
          },
          "notes": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The dataset's description."
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "isopen": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "resources": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "url": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "name": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "format": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "description": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              },
              "additionalProperties": true
            },
            "description": "Linked files. Each has name, format, description and url; the url points at the publisher's own host."
          },
          "license_id": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "The dataset's own licence id, for example uk-ogl. Null when none is stated."
          },
          "license_url": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "organization": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "The publisher: id, name (slug) and title.",
            "additionalProperties": true
          },
          "license_title": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "num_resources": {
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "metadata_created": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "metadata_modified": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "The returned dataset records, in the directory's own relevance order."
    }
  },
  "description": "The directory's search answer: the total match count and the returned datasets.",
  "additionalProperties": true
}