# ror.organizations.filter

Filter the Research Organization Registry (ROR) by organization type, country, and/or status to browse subsets of the 110,000+ global research organizations. Supports combining multiple filters with an optional keyword query. Organization types include: Education (universities, colleges), Healthcare (hospitals, clinics), Company (industry research), Archive (data repositories, libraries), Nonprofit (NGOs, foundations), Government (agencies, national labs), Facility (research infrastructures, telescopes), Funder (grant agencies, funding bodies), and Other. Country is specified as ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (US, DE, GB, JP, CN, etc.). Returns total match count and up to 20 results per page with name, type, status, country, city, and website. Useful for generating lists of institutions in a specific country, enumerating funders by country, or counting research organizations by type.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `ror.organizations.filter`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-whiteknightonhorse-apibase/ror.organizations.filter

## Facts

- Tool: `ror.organizations.filter`
- Server: Apibase (`apibase-mcp-client`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-whiteknightonhorse-apibase.md
- Install: `npx -y apibase-mcp-client`
- Homepage: https://github.com/whiteknightonhorse/APIbase
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 5
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `page` | integer | no | Page number for pagination (1-indexed, default 1). Each page returns up to 20 results. |
| `query` | string | no | Optional keyword query to narrow results within the filter. Combines with type/country/status filters. |
| `types` | string | no | Filter by organization type. Valid values: Education, Healthcare, Company, Archive, Nonprofit, Government, Facility, Funder, Other (e.g. "Education" returns uni |
| `status` | string | no | Organization status filter. Valid values: active (default), inactive, withdrawn. Use "inactive" or "withdrawn" to include legacy records. |
| `country_code` | string | no | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code to filter organizations by country (e.g. "US", "DE", "GB", "JP"). |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "ror.organizations.filter",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why ror.organizations.filter is rated Low

Tool queries and retrieves data from ROR registry without side effects or modifications.

From the tool's own definition: "Filter, browse, query research organizations; no modification or execution."

## Use case

AI agents call ror.organizations.filter to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Apibase:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "ror.organizations.filter": {}
  }
}
```

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