WMO WIS2 Discovery Catalogue Search: Weather, Climate and Water Data Sets
wisgdc/search-records
Searches the WMO WIS2 Global Discovery Catalogue (operated by Environment and Climate Change Canada) by keyword and returns flat records: id, title, description, status, WMO data policy (core or recommended), publishing centre, keywords, themes, formats, creation and update times, time span and resolution, and links to the data set landing pages. Page with limit (1 to 10, default 5) and offset. numberMatched gives the total hits. Contact blocks and broker links are not returned. Discovery metadata only; the data files are not returned. Served by Eden Engine; not an official WMO product.
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
WMO WIS2 Global Discovery Catalogue
Discovery metadata from the WMO WIS2 Global Discovery Catalogue (wis2-gdc.weather.gc.ca), published by the data providers named in each record. Each record states its own data policy. Served by Eden Engine; not an official WMO 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.
Connect once and your AI can find and run this tool, and any other it needs.
// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })
// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "wisgdc/search-records" })
// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "wisgdc/search-records" })
// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "wisgdc/search-records", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "wisgdc/search-records", input: { /* ... */ } })
// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to doNot connected yet? Point your MCP client at https://mcp.eden-engine.com/mcp, then copy a config for your client.
Pricing
Every charge this tool can incur.
| Charge | Price |
|---|---|
Per call | $0.0026 |
- Updated
- Oct 25, 2026
Input and output schemas
Input schema
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"q"
],
"properties": {
"q": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9 .,:_+-]{1,100}$",
"description": "Keyword query over title, description and keywords, 1 to 100 characters: letters, digits, spaces and . , : _ + - only, for example temperature or sea surface."
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 5,
"maximum": 10,
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Records per page, 1 to 10 (default 5)."
},
"offset": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 0,
"maximum": 100000,
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Records to skip, for paging (default 0)."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Output schema
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"numberMatched",
"numberReturned",
"results"
],
"properties": {
"results": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"id",
"title"
],
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Record id, urn:wmo:md:<centre>:<name>."
},
"type": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "For example dataset."
},
"links": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"rel",
"href"
],
"properties": {
"rel": {
"type": "string"
},
"href": {
"type": "string"
},
"title": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
}
},
"additionalProperties": true
},
"description": "Up to six https links (data, canonical, license, describedby, about, search)."
},
"title": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"status": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "For example operational."
},
"themes": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Theme concept ids, at most 10."
},
"created": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "ISO 8601."
},
"formats": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Media types of the data, at most 10."
},
"updated": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "ISO 8601."
},
"centreId": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Publishing centre."
},
"keywords": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "At most 20."
},
"dataPolicy": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "WMO data policy: core or recommended."
},
"description": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "At most 600 characters."
},
"timeInterval": {
"type": [
"array",
"null"
],
"items": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"description": "[start, end] of the data's time span; '..' is open-ended."
},
"organizations": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Organisation names of the record's contacts, at most 5."
},
"timeResolution": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "ISO 8601 duration."
}
},
"additionalProperties": true
},
"description": "Records, at most 10 per page."
},
"numberMatched": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Total matching records."
},
"numberReturned": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Records in this page."
}
},
"additionalProperties": true
}