Research Chain MCP
A community MCP server that retrieves comprehensive open-access information for academic papers given a DOI, PMID, or arXiv ID. It aggregates full text, licenses, datasets, code, and citations in a single tool call via the Pipeworx gateway.
Package and access
Local package with source-attributed installation metadata. Koskamo does not execute packages during review.
What you can do with it
- Retrieve full text and citations for a specific academic paper
- Find associated datasets and code for a research publication
- Check license information for open-access research materials
Source and maintenance
- Last repository push
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
Source-provided package data. Koskamo has not executed or live-probed this package.
@pipeworx/mcp-research-chain 0.2.0
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "@pipeworx/mcp-research-chain",
"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.
Maintenance history
Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.
- · repository · passed · metadata changed · updated
- · backfill · recorded · Pre-expansion baseline; unobserved rich metadata remains unknown
Connect from your client
Each snippet configures the same source-provided package; replace placeholders before use.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"research-chain-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-research-chain": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-research-chain@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"research-chain-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-research-chain": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-research-chain@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"research-chain-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-research-chain": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-research-chain@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"research-chain-mcp-pipeworx-mcp-research-chain": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-research-chain@0.2.0"
],
"env": {
"PIPEWORX_API_KEY": "<YOUR_PIPEWORX_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
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