cern-inspire-mcp-server

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Search INSPIRE-HEP papers, authors, experiments, HEPData records; get citation metrics and BibTeX.

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Against every graded Web search MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score: 92/100; higher than 90% of 3,470 Web search servers
Uptime: 100%; of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%
Response time: 227 ms; faster than 63% of 2,238 Web search servers

Release history: 4 versions in the registry since 2026-10-01, latest 2026-10-26, typically one every 10 days.

Install cern-inspire-mcp-server in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

claude mcp add --transport http cern-inspire-mcp-server https://cern-inspire.caseyjhand.com/mcp

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@cyanheads/cern-inspire-mcp-server Search INSPIRE-HEP papers, authors, experiments, HEPData records; get citation metrics and BibTeX via MCP. STDIO or Streamable HTTP. 8 Tools • 1 Resource

Overview

High-energy-physics literature from INSPIRE-HEP, including its index of HEPData measurement records. Search papers, authors, and experiments, read a paper's full record, compute citation summaries and h-indices, export BibTeX or LaTeX entries, and find the HEPData record that holds a paper's numerical tables. Runs as a stdio process or a local Streamable HTTP server.

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Resources

The same record is reachable through cerninspireget_paper for clients that don't surface resources.

Capability reference

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.

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cern-inspire-mcp-server: common questions

Is cern-inspire-mcp-server safe?: Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (92/100). Read the cern-inspire-mcp-server safety report
How do I install cern-inspire-mcp-server?: It runs remotely at cern-inspire.caseyjhand.com. Add it to Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.
Does cern-inspire-mcp-server need an API key?: No secret keys are declared. It reads 7 settings from the environment.
Is cern-inspire-mcp-server maintained?: The last commit was 34 days ago (2026-10-01). The latest release is v0.2.0.
Is cern-inspire-mcp-server up?: 100% of our last 28 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.
What can I use instead of cern-inspire-mcp-server?: Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Semantic Scholar MCP Server, CLIO Arxiv MCP server and Arxiv MCP server.
How does cern-inspire-mcp-server compare with other Web search MCP servers?: safety score 92/100 (higher than 90% of 3,470 Web search servers); uptime 100% (of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%); response time 227 ms (faster than 63% of 2,238 Web search servers). Full comparison.

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Safety grade: A · 92/100
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Price: Free
Licence: Apache-2.0
Transport: Remote · mixed
Uptime: 100% · 28/28 checks
Version: 0.2.0
Category: Web search
Last release: 2026-10-01

Credentials it needs

MCP_LOG_LEVELSets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').
MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPESelects the HTTP transport.
MCP_HTTP_HOSTThe hostname for the HTTP server.
MCP_HTTP_PORTThe port to run the HTTP server on.
MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATHThe endpoint path for the MCP server.
MCP_AUTH_MODEAuthentication mode to use: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'.
MCP_LOG_LEVELSets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').

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https://cern-inspire.caseyjhand.com/mcp

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