# hepdata-mcp

> An MCP server for discovering and retrieving HEPData records.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/hepdata-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/HEPData/hepdata-mcp#readme
- repository: https://github.com/HEPData/hepdata-mcp/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
- version: 0.2.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: datasets, hepdata, high-energy-physics, mcp, model-context-protocol, particle-physics
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:hepdata-mcp

### Description (declared)

# HEPData MCP

This is an MCP server for discovering HEPData records, listing tables, fetching table data, and exposing HEPData export links. This is an early MVP implementation, focused on read-only access to public HEPData content.

Local stdio is the default and recommended mode. HTTP support exists for local testing and hardened central deployments, but remote HTTP is also supported for multiple clients support.

## Run From PyPI

HEPData MCP is published on PyPI as [`hepdata-mcp`](https://pypi.org/project/hepdata-mcp/).
The easiest way to run it is with `uvx`:

```bash
uvx hepdata-mcp
```

If you want to avoid package resolution during MCP client startup, install the tool once:

```bash
uv tool install hepdata-mcp
hepdata-mcp
```

Upgrade that installed tool with `uv tool upgrade hepdata-mcp`.
For MCP client configs in this mode, use `hepdata-mcp` as the command with no arguments.

## Install From Source

For development, install this checkout in editable mode:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/HEPData/hepdata-mcp ~/.local/uv/hepdata-mcp-src
cd ~/.local/uv/hepdata-mcp-src
uv sync --all-groups
```

For development checks:

```bash
uv run pytest
uv run ruff check .
uv run ruff format --check .
uv run mypy
```

## Docker

The Docker image is published on Docker Hub as [`hepdata/hepdata-mcp`](https://hub.docker.com/r/hepdata/hepdata-mcp).
Pull the latest release:

```bash
docker pull hepdata/hepdata-mcp:latest
```

For reproducible deployments, pin a release tag such as `hepdata/hepdata-mcp:0.1.0`.

Run over stdio for clients that can launch Docker commands:

```bash
docker run --rm -i hepdata/hepdata-mcp:latest
```

Example stdio client command:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hepdata": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "--rm", "-i", "hepdata/hepdata-mcp:latest"]
    }
  }
}
```

Run local streamable HTTP:

```bash
docker run --rm \
  -p 127.0.0.1:8000:8000 \
  -e HEPDATA_MCP_ALLOW_REMOTE_HTTP=1 \
  -e HEPDATA_MCP_TRUST_PROXY_AUTH=1 \
  hep…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.ci-cd (0.779, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/hepdata-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T17:20:52.406Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/hepdata-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/hepdata-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:hepdata-mcp