Science

Data source: CORDIS (cordis.europa.eu)

MCP MCP Protocol

Endpoint https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/cordis/

nobloat — strip report_feedback tool URL-based auth (for clients without header support)

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gnist-cordis": {
      "url": "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/cordis/",
      "headers": {
        "Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Shell

curl -X POST "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/cordis/" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "tools/call", "id": 1, "params": {"name": "search_projects", "arguments": {"query": "example"}}}'

API REST API

API Root https://context.gnist.ai/rest/cordis/

5 endpoints available:

GET /rest/cordis/search_projects
GET /rest/cordis/get_project
GET /rest/cordis/search_by_programme
GET /rest/cordis/get_recent_projects
GET /rest/cordis/report_feedback

Shell

curl "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/cordis/search_projects?query=example" \
  -H "Gnist-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import httpx

resp = httpx.get(
    "https://context.gnist.ai/rest/cordis/search_projects",
    headers={"Gnist-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "query": "example"
},
)
print(resp.json())

OpenAPI Spec · Full API Docs

CLI Command Line

Command gc cordis

CLI documentation will be available when the GnistAI SDK is published.

Install

pip install gnistai

Available Tools (5)

search_projects

Search EU-funded research projects by keyword.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`query`	`string`	required	Search term for EU research projects (e.g. "quantum computing", "climate adaptation", "cancer biomarkers", "smart cities").
`programme`	`any`	optional	Filter by EU framework programme: "horizon-europe", "horizon-2020", "fp7", "fp6", "fp5". Omit for all.
`country`	`any`	optional	Filter by coordinating country (e.g. "Germany", "France", "Norway").
`limit`	`integer`	optional	Number of results to return (1-50, default 20). (default: 20)

get_project

Get an EU research project by its grant reference number.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`reference`	`string`	required	EU project grant reference number (e.g. "101057437", "964363").

search_by_programme

List projects from a specific EU framework programme.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`programme`	`string`	required	EU framework programme: "horizon-europe", "horizon-2020", "fp7", "fp6", "fp5".
`limit`	`integer`	optional	Number of results to return (1-50, default 20). (default: 20)