About Iso
Iso is an MCP server for searching the ISO catalogue and retrieving standard records. It serves compliance teams and researchers with catalogue search, detailed metadata, compliance-focused references, and links to ISO pages.
Key features
- 01Search standards by keyword and filters
- 02Retrieve full records by number or reference
- 03Browse a curated compliance catalogue
- 04Access ISO Open Data file URLs
Use cases
- 01Find standards relevant to a compliance topic
- 02Check a standard’s status, edition, and publication date
- 03Trace superseded standards
- 04Download bulk catalogue data
MCP support
Exposes four ISO catalogue tools to MCP clients, including search, record lookup, compliance catalogue, and Open Data URLs. It can run as a local stdio server or connect through the Pipeworx gateway.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://gateway.pipeworx.io/iso/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http pipeworx-io-iso https://gateway.pipeworx.io/iso/mcp{"mcpServers":{"pipeworx-io-iso":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/iso/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"pipeworx-io-iso":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/iso/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"pipeworx-io-iso":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/iso/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"pipeworx-io-iso":{"serverUrl":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/iso/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
Details
From the project READMEmcp-iso
ISO Standards MCP.
Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1882+ live data sources. This is an independent, unofficial integration — not affiliated with, endorsed by, or published by the upstream provider.
Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
search_standards | Search the full ISO catalogue (~all deliverables) by keyword across reference, title and abstract, with optional filters. Returns reference, title, status, abstract snippet, committee and the iso.org link. Use to find standards on a topic ("supply chain security", "medical device risk"). |
get_standard | Full record for one ISO standard by number ("27001") or reference ("ISO/IEC 27001:2022"): title, abstract, status, edition, publication date, ICS, committee, the supersession chain, the correct iso.org page, and a best-effort live price. The reliable lookup (resolves any standard via its catalogue id). |
compliance_catalog | Curated catalogue of the compliance-relevant ISO standards (ISMS/27000, privacy, AI/42000, quality, continuity, risk) → ISO number, family and summary. Static name→number resolver; pass a number to get_standard for the live record. |
open_data_files | URLs for the ISO Open Data bulk files (deliverables metadata, ICS classification, technical committees), ODC-By 1.0. The deliverables file is what backs this pack. Use to ingest the full dataset yourself. |
Quick Start
Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):
{
"mcpServers": {
"iso": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/iso/mcp"
}
}
}
What this endpoint actually serves
tools/list at https://gateway.pipeworx.io/iso/mcp returns the tools in the table
above plus the shared Pipeworx meta-tools — ask_pipeworx,
discover_tools, search_within, remember/recall and the rest of the
gateway-wide set. So the tool count you see is larger than this table: a
single-pack endpoint currently lists roughly 30 shared tools alongside the
pack's own. The connection's initialize response states its exact scope, and
is the authoritative answer for a given day.
This is deliberate, not multiplexing by accident. The meta-tools are what let a
scoped connection answer a question this pack does not cover — via
ask_pipeworx, which routes across the whole catalog — without you adding a
second MCP server. There is currently no way to mount a pack endpoint without
them; if the extra schemas cost you more context than the routing is worth,
connect to the full gateway once rather than to several pack endpoints.
Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to get every pack's tools listed directly, instead of just this one's:
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
}
}
}
Both URLs reach the same gateway and the same 1882+ data sources. The
only difference is which pack's tools are listed directly; ask_pipeworx
reaches all of them from either one.
No MCP client? Call it over HTTP
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_standards \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"query":"supply chain security"}'
No account needed for the first calls. Inspect any tool: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_standards. Find one: POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/search_packs with {"query":"..."}.
Standalone (no gateway account)
This package also runs as a local stdio MCP server — no Pipeworx account, no gateway round-trip:
{
"mcpServers": {
"iso": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-iso"]
}
}
}
Or run it directly to confirm it starts:
npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-iso
It speaks MCP over stdin/stdout and answers initialize/tools/list/tools/call
for only this pack's tools — none of the shared meta-tools the gateway
connection above adds. Same source, same tools, no ask_pipeworx routing.
Using with ask_pipeworx
Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English — this works on the pack endpoint above as well as on the full gateway:
ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Iso data" })
The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.
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License
MIT
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