Get CPAN Author

metacpan/get-author

Returns a CPAN author profile from MetaCPAN by PAUSE id: name, country, region, city, websites, profile links (GitHub, LinkedIn, IRC and others), release counts and the CPAN directory link. E-mail addresses are not returned. Data from MetaCPAN, https://metacpan.org, the search engine for the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, reduced to the fields listed (e-mail addresses are not returned) and served by Eden Engine; not an official MetaCPAN or CPAN product. Each release keeps its own licence (see licenses).

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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

MetaCPAN

Data from MetaCPAN, https://metacpan.org, the search engine for the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, reduced to the fields listed (e-mail addresses are not returned) and served by Eden Engine; not an official MetaCPAN or CPAN product. Each release keeps its own licence (see licenses).

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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: "metacpan/get-author" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "metacpan/get-author" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "metacpan/get-author", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "metacpan/get-author", 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 26, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "pauseid"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "pauseid": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[A-Z0-9-]{2,20}$",
      "description": "PAUSE id in upper case, for example ETHER, OALDERS or DAGOLDEN."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "pauseid"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "city": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "City."
    },
    "name": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Author name."
    },
    "region": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Region."
    },
    "country": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "ISO 3166 country code, lower case."
    },
    "pauseid": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "PAUSE id."
    },
    "updated": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Profile last updated, UTC."
    },
    "profiles": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Handle on that network."
          },
          "network": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "github, linkedin, irc.perl.org, stackoverflow, twitter and others."
          }
        },
        "description": "A profile.",
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "Profile handles."
    },
    "releases": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "cpan": {
          "type": [
            "integer",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "Releases still on CPAN."
        },
        "latest": {
          "type": [
            "integer",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "Distributions whose latest release is theirs."
        },
        "backpan_only": {
          "type": [
            "integer",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "Releases only in the BackPAN archive."
        }
      },
      "description": "Release counts.",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "websites": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "A URL."
      },
      "description": "Websites."
    },
    "custodial_account": {
      "type": [
        "boolean",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "True for a PAUSE custodial account."
    },
    "cpan_directory_url": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Author directory on cpan.org."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}