Natural History Museum Data Portal Dataset Search

nhmdataportal/dataset-search

Searches the dataset catalogue of the Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal and returns up to 10 datasets per call: name, title, description, authors, licence id, organisation and created and modified dates. `q` is search text (Solr syntax, for example bird or title:fossil). `count` is the total number of matching datasets. Datasets published under a non-commercial licence are left out. Dataset licences vary and are passed through in `license_id`. Data from the Natural History Museum Data Portal as served by Eden Engine, not an official Natural History Museum 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

Natural History Museum Data Portal

Dataset catalogue data from the Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal (data.nhm.ac.uk). Datasets carry their own licences, passed through in `license_id`; datasets under a non-commercial licence are left out. Credit the Natural History Museum Data Portal and the dataset authors shown in each record. Passed through unmodified. Served by Eden Engine; not an official Natural History Museum 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: "nhmdataportal/dataset-search" })

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

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "nhmdataportal/dataset-search", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "nhmdataportal/dataset-search", 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",
    "rows"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "q": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Search text, for example bird, fossil beetles or title:meteorite. Solr query syntax is accepted. Required."
    },
    "rows": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 10,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many datasets to return, 1 to 10. Required."
    },
    "start": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Datasets to skip, for reading further pages of the same search. Leave out to start at the first."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "count",
    "results"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Number of datasets matching the search, after the licence filter."
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "name",
          "title"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Dataset id (UUID)."
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Dataset slug; the dataset page is data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/<name>."
          },
          "notes": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Description as published, in Markdown."
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Dataset title."
          },
          "author": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "description": "Authors as published, when set."
          },
          "license_id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Licence id set by the publisher, or notspecified."
          },
          "organization": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Publishing organisation id."
          },
          "metadata_created": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "When the record was created, UTC."
          },
          "metadata_modified": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "When the record last changed, UTC."
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "The datasets on this page, best match first; empty when nothing matches."
    }
  },
  "description": "The CKAN search result.",
  "additionalProperties": true
}