# inspirehep-mcp

> MCP server for InspireHEP - integrate high-energy physics literature resources with LLMs

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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/inspirehep-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/MohamedElashri/inspirehep-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/MohamedElashri/inspirehep-mcp
- version: 0.3.0
- license: AGPL-3.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: arxiv, citations, hep, inspirehep, llm, mcp, physics
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:inspirehep-mcp

### Description (declared)

# InspireHEP MCP Server

An [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) server that integrates [InspireHEP](https://inspirehep.net/) high-energy physics literature with LLMs. Search papers, explore citations, retrieve author metrics, and generate formatted references.

## Installation

```bash
# Using pip
pip install inspirehep-mcp

# Or run directly with uvx (no install needed)
uvx inspirehep-mcp
```

<details>
<summary>Install from source</summary>

```bash
git clone https://github.com/MohamedElashri/inspirehep-mcp.git
cd inspirehep-mcp
uv sync
uv run inspirehep-mcp
```
</details>

## Remote endpoint deployment

The installed command remains a stdio server by default, so existing desktop
configurations continue to work. To run it natively as a remote MCP endpoint,
select the Streamable HTTP transport:

```bash
INSPIREHEP_ALLOWED_HOSTS="mcp.example.org" \
  INSPIREHEP_HTTP_RATE_LIMIT=60 \
  inspirehep-mcp --transport streamable-http --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000
```

The MCP endpoint is `http://localhost:8000/mcp` and the unauthenticated health
probe is `http://localhost:8000/health`. `PORT` is also honored when a hosting
platform injects it. Put the service behind HTTPS for internet deployment.

### Docker

Release tags publish a container to the GitHub Container Registry. The image
uses Streamable HTTP by default:

```bash
docker run --rm -p 8000:8000 \
  ghcr.io/mohamedelashri/inspirehep-mcp:latest
```

For a public hostname, add it to the host allowlist:

```bash
docker run --rm -p 8000:8000 \
  -e INSPIREHEP_ALLOWED_HOSTS="mcp.example.org" \
  -e INSPIREHEP_HTTP_RATE_LIMIT=60 \
  ghcr.io/mohamedelashri/inspirehep-mcp:latest
```

The image runs as a non-root user, has a built-in health check, and uses
stateless JSON responses so replicas do not need shared MCP session state.

### Docker Compose

The included [`docker-compose.yml`](docker-compose.yml) can build the current
checkout or run the published image:

```bash
# Local deployment
docker compose up --build -d

#…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- research.academic (1, declared)
- dev.ci-cd (0.779, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/inspirehep-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T22:21:43.124Z)

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