Science

Data source: ORCID Public API

MCP MCP Protocol

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

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

claude_desktop_config.json

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

Shell

curl -X POST "https://context.gnist.ai/mcp/orcid/" \
  -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_researchers", "arguments": {"query": "example"}}}'

API REST API

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

5 endpoints available:

GET /rest/orcid/search_researchers
GET /rest/orcid/get_researcher_profile
GET /rest/orcid/get_researcher_works
GET /rest/orcid/get_researcher_funding
GET /rest/orcid/report_feedback

Shell

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

Python

import httpx

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

OpenAPI Spec · Full API Docs

CLI Command Line

Command gc orcid

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

Install

pip install gnistai

Available Tools (5)

search_researchers

Search ORCID for researchers by name, keyword, or affiliation.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`query`	`string`	required	Search query — researcher name, keyword, or ORCID ID fragment. Supports Solr syntax (e.g. "given-names:Albert AND family-name:Einstein").
`affiliation`	`any`	optional	Filter by affiliated organization name (e.g. "MIT", "CERN").
`rows`	`integer`	optional	Number of results to return (1-50, default 10). (default: 10)

get_researcher_profile

Fetch a researcher's full profile by ORCID ID.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`orcid_id`	`string`	required	The ORCID identifier. Accepts bare ID (e.g. "0000-0002-1825-0097") or full URL (e.g. "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097").

get_researcher_works

Fetch a researcher's published works by ORCID ID.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`orcid_id`	`string`	required	The ORCID identifier (bare or URL form).
`max_results`	`integer`	optional	Maximum number of works to return (1-100, default 25). (default: 25)