MCP server exposing 6 tools for inspire-hep.
This URL is a JSON-RPC 2.0 endpoint over HTTP. Issue POST requests with a JSON-RPC body. Browsers and search crawlers land here on GET.
POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/inspire-hep/mcp
Content-Type: application/json
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}search — Literature search.literature — Single literature record by INSPIRE record id.authors_search — INSPIRE-HEP, the high-energy-physics literature database — search its HEPNames author records with a Lucene/Solr query such as a surname or ORCID. Returns each author's INSPIRE record id, preferred and alternative name forms, institutional affiliations, ORCID and arXiv categories. Answers which particle physicist a name refers to in INSPIRE and what their author record id is.author — Author record by INSPIRE id.institutions_search — INSPIRE-HEP, the high-energy-physics literature database — search its institutions collection, the registry of physics laboratories, universities and research centres such as CERN, Fermilab and DESY. Takes a Lucene/Solr query and returns each institution's INSPIRE record id, ICN code, legal and display names, address and country. Answers what INSPIRE's record is for a physics laboratory or university.conferences_search — INSPIRE-HEP, the high-energy-physics literature database — search its conferences collection of particle-physics meetings, workshops and schools. Takes a Lucene/Solr query and returns each event's INSPIRE record id, title and acronym, opening and closing dates, location, series and proceedings links. Answers when and where a physics conference is or was held.Code samples (curl / TypeScript / one-click client install), schemas, and the live playground are on the pack page:
https://pipeworx.io/packs/inspire-hep/
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