MCP server

Nihr

io.github.pipeworx-io/nihr

Checked 26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

UK NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) open-data MCP.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

pipeworx.io (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

47

Token cost

About 28,638 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

26 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http nihr https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nihr/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.nihr]
url = "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nihr/mcp"

Gemini CLI

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

Cursor

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

VS Code

{"servers":{"nihr":{"type":"http","url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nihr/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add nihr https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nihr/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"nihr","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nihr/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"nihr","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/nihr/mcp"}

Tools

• nihr_award_holders ~404 tokens
  Find the researchers named on UK NIHR awards by personal name or ORCID identifier. Returns each matching award holder with their ORCID, their role on the award (Chief Investigator, Joint Lead Applicant or Award Holder) and the NIHR project ids they hold, so an agent can pivot straight into nihr_get_
• nihr_awards_by_organisation ~439 tokens
  Total up UK NIHR health research funding held by a university, NHS trust or company. Give any part of the institution name and get back the number of NIHR awards, the summed award value in GBP, the distinct organisation-name variants that matched, a breakdown by programme, and the individual awards
• nihr_awards_by_programme ~455 tokens
  Break UK NIHR funding down by programme or funding stream: award counts, total value in GBP, mean award size and the date range of awards in each. Called with no arguments it lists every NIHR programme that actually exists with its totals, which is the way to discover valid programme names before fi
• nihr_get_award ~249 tokens
  Retrieve one UK NIHR award in full by its project id (either the modern form NIHR208893 or the older slash form 002/0028). Returns the plain-English abstract and the scientific abstract, award value in GBP, programme, funding stream and status, start and end dates, the contracted organisation with p
• nihr_search_awards ~788 tokens
  Search UK NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) health research grants by keyword over award titles and abstracts. Returns each award's project id, title, NIHR programme and funding stream, contracted organisation, award value in GBP, start and end dates, chief investigator name, an

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