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NASA ADS — the Astrophysics Data System, api.adsabs.harvard.edu.

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Status
Unhealthy
Uptime
0.1% over 20 days
Last Tested
Transport
Streamable HTTP
URL
Repository
pipeworx-io/mcp-nasa-ads
GitHub Stars
0
Server Listing
nasa-ads

TDQS

A3.9/5.0

Scored across 39 tools

Disambiguation3/5

Descriptions are unusually rich and most tools state their distinct purpose, but there are genuine near-duplicates: ask_pipeworx, ask_pipeworx_beta (explicitly 'identical router'), ask_pipeworx_grounded, and deep_research all answer 'look this up', and entity_profile / compare_entities / company_facts / recent_changes / resolve_entity overlap heavily on company lookups. The polymarket_* family (edges, arbitrage, edge_tracker, fill_risk, kalshi_spread, bet_research) is well-differentiated by description but still a dense cluster an agent must read carefully to route.

Naming Consistency4/5

Every tool is snake_case and most follow a verb_noun or domain_noun pattern (ads_search, polymarket_fill_risk, resolution_diff, list_subscriptions). Deviations are minor: a few bare verbs (remember, recall, forget, subscribe, unsubscribe) and inconsistent domain prefixing (ads_/polymarket_/pipeworx_ vs unprefixed generic tools).

Tool Count2/5

39 tools is well past the heavy threshold and, for a server whose declared identity is 'Nasa Ads', wildly over-scoped — only 3 tools touch ADS while the rest are a general data gateway. Several tools (ask_pipeworx_beta, polymarket_edge_tracker) are marginal additions on top of already-numerous siblings.

Completeness4/5

As a gateway surface it is broad and lifecycle-complete: discovery (discover_tools, suggest_questions), search/lookup, entity resolution, grounded validation, memory (remember/recall/forget), and subscriptions (subscribe/list/unsubscribe/recent_alerts) all have coverage. Minor gaps: the ADS subset has only search/paper/citations with no author or metrics/export tool, and the beta/grounded router variants exist without a clear retirement path.

Tool Schema Changelog

Recent tool additions, removals, and schema changes observed during successful MCP inspections.

  1. 39 tool updates
    • First observedads_citations
    • First observedads_paper
    • First observedads_search
    • First observedai_visibility_check
    • First observedask_pipeworx
    • First observedask_pipeworx_beta
    • First observedask_pipeworx_grounded
    • First observedbet_research
    • First observedcompany_facts
    • First observedcompare_entities
    • First observeddeep_research
    • First observeddiscover_tools
    • First observedentity_profile
    • First observedforget
    • First observedgenerate_llms_txt
    • First observedkalshi_weather_edge
    • First observedlist_subscriptions
    • First observedpipeworx_feedback
    • First observedpipeworx_trending
    • First observedpolymarket_arbitrage
    • First observedpolymarket_edge_tracker
    • First observedpolymarket_edges
    • First observedpolymarket_fill_risk
    • First observedpolymarket_kalshi_spread
    • First observedrecall
    • First observedrecent_alerts
    • First observedrecent_changes
    • First observedrelease_calendar_markets
    • First observedremember
    • First observedresolution_audit
    • First observedresolution_diff
    • First observedresolve_entity
    • First observedscan_competitor_ai_presence
    • First observedscan_dependency
    • First observedsearch_within
    • First observedsubscribe
    • First observedsuggest_questions
    • First observedunsubscribe
    • First observedvalidate_claim

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