search_datasets
Search the AIHW dataset catalog to find health and welfare datasets by free-text query, including mortality, cancer, and hospital data.
Instructions
Fuzzy-search the curated AIHW dataset catalog.
All datasets ship hand-curated in v0.1: long-term mortality (GRIM), regional mortality (MORT), cancer incidence and mortality, health expenditure, youth justice detention, and the public hospitals register.
Examples: # Find a dataset that gives deaths by cause results = await search_datasets("mortality cause of death") # → [{id: 'GRIM_DEATHS', name: 'GRIM — long-term mortality', ...}]
# Discover what's available on cancer
results = await search_datasets("cancer")Returns: List of DatasetSummary (id, name, description, update_frequency, is_curated), ranked by relevance.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | Yes | Free-text search query. Matches against dataset IDs, names, descriptions, and curated search keywords. Case-insensitive. | |
| limit | No | Maximum number of results to return, ranked by relevance. |
Output Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| result | Yes |