MCP server

Softwareheritage

io.github.pipeworx-io/softwareheritage

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Software Heritage MCP.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

pipeworx.io (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

46

Token cost

About 27,308 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http softwareheritage https://gateway.pipeworx.io/softwareheritage/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.softwareheritage]
url = "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/softwareheritage/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"softwareheritage":{"httpUrl":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/softwareheritage/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"softwareheritage":{"url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/softwareheritage/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"softwareheritage":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/softwareheritage/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add softwareheritage https://gateway.pipeworx.io/softwareheritage/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"softwareheritage","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/softwareheritage/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"softwareheritage","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/softwareheritage/mcp"}

Tools

• origin_search ~310 tokens
  Search the Software Heritage archive for archived origins (repository URLs) whose URL matches a substring or pattern. Returns each matching origin with its visit count and the date it was last captured. Use this to find the archived URL for a project before asking about its status — the archive keys
• origin_status ~224 tokens
  Report whether one repository URL is archived, and as of when. Returns the most recent visit that produced a usable snapshot: the visit date, the snapshot id, and the visit type (git, hg, svn, npm, pypi…). This is the tool that answers "is this code safe" — a repository that vanishes tomorrow is rec
• origin_visits ~234 tokens
  List the archive's visit history for one repository URL, newest first: when each capture ran, what it produced, and whether it succeeded ("full"), partially succeeded, or failed ("not_found" — the origin was unreachable at that moment). Use this to see how continuously a project has been captured, a
• revision ~237 tokens
  Fetch one archived commit by its Software Heritage revision id (the 40-hex id, which for a git repository is the git commit sha). Returns the commit message, author and committer with their dates, the directory id of the tree it points at, and its parent commits. Accepts a bare hex id or a full SWHI

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