@pipeworx/orcid

ORCID MCP — public researcher records (works, education, employment). Uses the public ORCID REST API (no key required for read access to public data).

Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 1394+ live data sources.

Tools

• record(orcid_id) — full public record (works, employments, education, …)

• works(orcid_id) — publication list with put-codes

• work(orcid_id, put_code) — single work record

• employment(orcid_id) — employment summary

• education(orcid_id) — education summary

• search(query, rows?, start?) — expanded search across ORCID (lucene-style)

Related MCP server: OpenAlex Author Disambiguation MCP Server

Data source

https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/ and the expanded search https://pub.orcid.org/v3.0/expanded-search.

Quick Start

Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "orcid": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/orcid/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway for access to all 1394+ data sources:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Using with ask_pipeworx

Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English:

ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Orcid data" })

The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.

More

• Docs and guides

• pipeworx.io

License

MIT