Science & Math

ITIS integrations

Connect ITIS to any other app, or use it from your AI client over MCP. ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System, is a United States government authority on the scientific names of plants, animals, fungi and microbes. Its web service lets a caller search by scientific or common name, resolve a name to its Taxonomic Serial Number, retrieve a taxon's full record with rank, author, publication and taxonomic status, walk its parent and child hierarchy, and list accepted names and synonyms. No credentials required.

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13 actions

What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.

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Claude Code

Run this in the directory you want to work in.

claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai

Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.

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Claude, web and desktop

Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.

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Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app

Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.

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Any other MCP client

Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.

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What your agent can do with ITIS

Triggers and actions 13 actions

  • Action
    Convert LSID to TSN

    Get the TSN for a given LSID (Life Science Identifier).

  • Action
    Convert TSN to LSID

    Get the LSID (Life Science Identifier) for a given TSN.

  • Action
    Find taxon by common name

    Search ITIS for taxa matching a common (vernacular) name.

  • Action
    Find taxon by scientific name

    Search ITIS for taxa matching a scientific name.

  • Action
    Find taxon by search term

    Search ITIS across scientific and common names for any matching term.

  • Action
    Get accepted names

    Get the currently accepted scientific name(s) for a given TSN, when the queried TSN is not itself accepted.

  • Action
    Get common names

    Get the common (vernacular) names associated with a given TSN.

  • Action
    Get full hierarchy

    Get the complete taxonomic hierarchy (ancestors and descendants) for a given TSN.

  • Action
    Get full record

    Get the complete taxonomic record for a given TSN (taxonomic serial number).

  • Action
    Get hierarchy down

    Get the taxonomic hierarchy below (children of) a given TSN.

  • Action
    Get hierarchy up

    Get the taxonomic hierarchy above (ancestors of) a given TSN.

  • Action
    Get parent taxon

    Get the parent TSN for a given TSN.

  • Action
    Get synonym names

    Get the synonym scientific names associated with a given TSN.

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ITIS, answered

Is there a ITIS MCP server?

APIANT's MCP server at https://mcp.apiant.ai works with ITIS. Add that address to any AI client that takes a remote MCP server, sign in once in your browser, and your client can build, test and run automations that use ITIS. Nothing to install.

What can your agent do in ITIS?

Any of ITIS's 13 actions, including Convert LSID to TSN, Convert TSN to LSID, Find taxon by common name and Find taxon by scientific name. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

Which apps can ITIS connect to?

Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs ITIS with each of them. If the other app is missing, point your agent at its API documentation and it builds the connector.

What happens when something fails?

Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.