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Qualitative Researcher MCP Server

by tejpalvirk

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Retrieve structured, context-rich insights on qualitative research entities like projects, participants, interviews, codes, and themes to analyze data, track progress, and uncover relationships for informed decision-making.

Instructions

A sophisticated tool for retrieving rich, contextual information about qualitative research entities, providing structured insights tailored to different research components.

When to use this tool:

  • Retrieving detailed information about research projects, participants, interviews, and analytical elements

  • Exploring thematic analyses and research findings

  • Reviewing participant profiles and interview transcripts

  • Examining code definitions and their connections to data

  • Analyzing emerging themes and their supporting evidence

  • Investigating research questions and related findings

  • Reviewing analytical memos and their connections to data

  • Preparing for coding sessions by establishing contextual understanding

  • Exploring relationships between codes, themes, and concepts

  • Getting a comprehensive overview of project progress and insights

  • Tracking research activities by their current status

  • Managing tasks based on their assigned priorities

  • Understanding sequential relationships between research processes

Key features:

  • Provides richly formatted, context-aware information about research entities

  • Adapts output format based on entity type (project, participant, interview, code, theme, memo, researchQuestion)

  • Presents both direct entity information and related research elements

  • Shows research design, methodology, and analysis progression

  • Tracks entity views within the current research session

  • Formats information in a structured, readable markdown format

  • Highlights relationships between research elements

  • Presents supporting quotes and evidence for themes and codes

  • Shows co-occurrence patterns between codes where available

  • Includes status information for tracking research progress

  • Displays priority assignments for critical research elements

  • Visualizes sequential relationships between research processes

Parameters explained:

  1. entityName: Required - The name of the entity to retrieve context for

  • Example: "Health Behavior Study", "Participant_P001", "Interview_20230315"

  1. entityType: Optional - The type of entity being retrieved

  • Default: "project"

  • Helps the system format the output appropriately

  • Common types include: "project", "participant", "interview", "code", "theme", "memo", "researchQuestion", "status", "priority"

  1. sessionId: Optional - The current session identifier

  • Typically provided by startsession

  • Used for tracking entity views within the session

Each entity type returns specialized context information:

  • Project: Shows project status, description, research design, research questions, data collection stats, recent interviews, analysis progress (themes), and findings

  • Participant: Displays demographic information, interview history, observation records, notable quotes, and research memos

  • Interview: Shows project affiliation, participant, date, transcript content, applied codes, and notable quotes

  • Code: Displays definition, status, creation date, code group affiliations, supporting quotes, sources, associated themes, and code co-occurrence data

  • Theme: Shows description, status, creation date, project affiliation, supporting codes, example quotes, and analytical memos

  • Memo: Displays topic, date, project affiliation, content, and related entities

  • Research Question: Shows the question text, project affiliation, related findings, themes, and supporting quotes

  • Status: Shows all entities assigned this status value, organized by entity type

  • Priority: Shows all entities assigned this priority value, organized by entity type

  • Other Entity Types: Shows observations and relationship information for other entity types

Status and Priority Information:

  • All entity displays include status information when available via has_status relations

  • Priority assignments are shown for tasks and other prioritized elements

  • Valid status values include: planning, data_collection, analysis, writing, complete, scheduled, conducted, transcribed, coded, analyzed, emerging, developing, established, preliminary, draft, final, active, in_progress

  • Valid priority values include: high, low

Sequential Process Relationships:

  • Entity displays show preceding and following entities through precedes relations

  • Process sequences are visualized to show workflow between research activities

  • Research phases and activities display their position in the overall research process

Return information:

  • Formatted markdown text with hierarchical structure

  • Sections adapted to the specific entity type

  • Related entities shown with their descriptions and connections

  • Status and priority information prominently displayed

  • Sequential relationships clearly indicated

  • Error messages if the entity doesn't exist or can't be retrieved

You should:

  • Specify the exact entity name for accurate retrieval

  • Provide the entity type when possible for optimally formatted results

  • Start with project entities to get a high-level overview of research

  • Use participant context to understand individual perspectives

  • Examine interview context to see coding applied to raw data

  • Review code context to understand analytical categories

  • Explore theme context to see patterns and theoretical constructs

  • Use research question context to track progress toward answering key inquiries

  • Examine memo context to review analytical insights

  • Check status entities to see all research elements at the same stage

  • Review priority entities to identify critical research tasks

  • Explore sequential relationships to understand research process flow

  • After retrieving context, follow up on specific entities of interest

  • Use in conjunction with startsession to maintain session tracking

  • Remember that this tool only retrieves existing information; use buildcontext to add new entities

Input Schema

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
entityNameYes
entityTypeNo
sessionIdNo

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

{ "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "entityName": { "type": "string" }, "entityType": { "type": "string" }, "sessionId": { "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "entityName" ], "type": "object" }

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