INSPIRE-HEP MCP
An MCP server providing access to the INSPIRE-HEP high-energy physics literature database. It enables agents to search for scientific literature, retrieve specific records by ID, search authors by name or ORCID, and query institutions and conferences within the physics research community.
Package and access
Local package with source-attributed installation metadata. Koskamo does not execute packages during review.
What you can do with it
- Search high-energy physics literature by query
- Retrieve a single literature record by INSPIRE ID
- Search author records using surname or ORCID
- Search institutions and conferences in physics
Source and maintenance
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
Source-provided package data. Koskamo has not executed or live-probed this package.
@pipeworx/mcp-inspire-hep 0.2.0
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "@pipeworx/mcp-inspire-hep",
"registryType": "npm",
"environmentVariables": [
{
"name": "PIPEWORX_API_KEY",
"description": "Optional Pipeworx API key. Without it calls are anonymous and capped daily; a free key raises the cap."
}
]
}Tools
Reported by the attributed source; not independently observed by Koskamo.
Connect from your client
Each snippet configures the same source-provided package; replace placeholders before use.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"inspire-hep-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-inspire-hep": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-inspire-hep@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"inspire-hep-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-inspire-hep": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-inspire-hep@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"inspire-hep-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-inspire-hep": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-inspire-hep@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"inspire-hep-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-inspire-hep": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-inspire-hep@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
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