Science

Data source: Curated dataset (IUCN, Wikipedia)

MCP MCP Protocol

Endpoint https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/animals/

nobloat — strip report_feedback tool URL-based auth (for clients without header support)

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gnist-animals": {
      "url": "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/animals/",
      "headers": {
        "Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Shell

curl -X POST "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/animals/" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "tools/call", "id": 1, "params": {"name": "get_animal", "arguments": {"animal_id": "example"}}}'

API REST API

API Root https://context.gnist.ai/rest/animals/

8 endpoints available:

GET /rest/animals/get_animal
GET /rest/animals/search_animals
GET /rest/animals/list_animals_by_class
GET /rest/animals/list_animals_by_habitat
GET /rest/animals/list_endangered_species
GET /rest/animals/get_animal_classes
GET /rest/animals/get_animal_habitats
GET /rest/animals/report_feedback

Shell

curl "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/animals/get_animal?animal_id=example" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import httpx

resp = httpx.get(
    "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/animals/get_animal",
    headers={"Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "animal_id": "example"
},
)
print(resp.json())

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