cern-inspire-mcp-server
Search INSPIRE-HEP papers, authors, experiments, HEPData records; get citation metrics and BibTeX.
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URL: https://cern-inspire.caseyjhand.com/mcpSettings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
Create connector with URL: https://cern-inspire.caseyjhand.com/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"cern-inspire-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://cern-inspire.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
}
}
}claude mcp add --transport http cern-inspire-mcp-server https://cern-inspire.caseyjhand.com/mcp{
"servers": {
"cern-inspire-mcp-server": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://cern-inspire.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"cern-inspire-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cyanheads/cern-inspire-mcp-server@0.1.3"
]
}
}
}claude mcp add cern-inspire-mcp-server -- npx -y @cyanheads/cern-inspire-mcp-server@0.1.38 tools, verified live
cern_inspire_search_literatureread-onlySearch INSPIRE-HEP papers with INSPIRE query syntax or free text, filtered by document type, subject, and year, sorted by relevance, recency, or citations. Returns one page of papers with recid, title, first author, date, citation counts, arXiv ID, DOI, publication, and an abstract snippet; pass a recid to cern_inspire_get_paper for the full record or to cern_inspire_export_citations ("recid:N") f
cern_inspire_get_paperread-onlyFetch one paper's full INSPIRE-HEP record by recid, arXiv ID, or DOI: authors with affiliations and identifiers, abstract, publication references, arXiv and DOI identifiers, keywords, subjects, citation counts, linked experiments, texkeys, and whether HEPData holds its numerical tables (record DOI, latest version, table count, hepdata.net link). Also returns ready-made literature queries for the p
cern_inspire_export_citationsread-onlyExport INSPIRE-HEP's citation entries for the papers a literature query selects, as BibTeX or LaTeX \bibitem entries (EU or US style), keyed by INSPIRE texkeys and ready to paste into a bibliography. Name specific papers with "recid:451647 or arxiv:1207.7214 or doi:10.1016/â¦", or export a topic, author, or citing set with any query cern_inspire_search_literature accepts. Up to 50 entries per pag
cern_inspire_search_authorsread-onlyFind physicist profiles in INSPIRE-HEP by name, INSPIRE BAI, ORCID, INSPIRE ID, or author recid. Each profile carries its recid, BAI, ORCID, current and past positions, advisors, arXiv categories, links, awards, and a literatureQuery that selects the person's papers in cern_inspire_search_literature. A name returns ranked candidates (a bare surname can match tens of thousands of profiles, and a le
cern_inspire_get_citation_summaryread-onlyCompute INSPIRE-HEP's citation summary for one author or for any literature query: h-index, citation totals, average citations per paper, and paper counts per citation bucket (0, 1â9, 10â49, 50â99, 100â249, 250â499, 500+), each for all citeable papers and for published papers, plus citations received per year. Pass exactly one of author (a BAI, ORCID, INSPIRE ID, or author recid â reso
cern_inspire_search_experimentsread-onlyFind experiments, collaborations, and facilities in INSPIRE-HEP (ATLAS, CMS, DUNE, Belle II, â¦) by name, accelerator, or INSPIRE legacy name (CERN-LHC-CMS); digits alone look up an experiment recid. Each record carries the accelerator, host institutions, collaboration and subgroups, classification, lifecycle dates (proposed, approved, started, completed, ongoing), INSPIRE's paper count, a descri
cern_inspire_search_hepdataread-onlyFind HEPData measurement records by physics content â process, observable, energy, collaboration â when the paper is unknown, through INSPIRE-HEP's index of every HEPData submission. Each hit carries the paper recids (pass to cern_inspire_get_paper), collaborations, keywords (reactions such as "P P --> TOP TOPBAR X", observables, centre-of-mass energies), the HEPData record DOI (recordDoi, the
cern_inspire_list_referenceread-onlyDecode the vocabulary the other cern_inspire tools take: INSPIRE search syntax (field operators, boolean logic, sort orders, the 10,000-result window, and how malformed queries behave), identifier forms (recid, arXiv, DOI, BAI, ORCID, INSPIRE ID, institution recid, texkey, HEPData DOIs), the document_types and subjects filter values, citation-summary buckets, and HEPData record versions and DOIs.
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