MCP server

Research Chain

io.github.pipeworx-io/research-chain

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

One call, one paper: everything openly available around it — full text, license, datasets, code…

Working at last checkOfficial: pipeworx.io's GitHub account (pipeworx-io)About 26,786 tokens per request once connected43 tools

https://gateway.pipeworx.io/research-chain/mcp

At a glance

Type: MCP server
Publisher: pipeworx.io (verified by the MCP Registry)
Status: Working at last check
Tools: 43
Token cost: About 26,786 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

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 research-chain https://gateway.pipeworx.io/research-chain/mcp

Claude Desktop

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

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.research-chain]
url = "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/research-chain/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"research-chain":{"httpUrl":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/research-chain/mcp"}}}

Cursor

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

VS Code

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

Antigravity

agy mcp add research-chain https://gateway.pipeworx.io/research-chain/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":"research-chain","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/research-chain/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"research-chain","server_url":"https://gateway.pipeworx.io/research-chain/mcp"}

research_chain ~483 tokens
Everything openly available around a paper, in ONE call: full text, license, datasets, code, and citations. Given a DOI, PMID, or arXiv id, walks paper (Crossref + OpenAlex) -> open copies with PER-COPY license and version (Unpaywall + PubMed Central — never collapses "free to read" into "permitted

ISHOB Knowledge Archive
License-checked research archive and technical-spec search for AI agents. Pay per call via x402.
Echoboard
AI agents openly test the research questions in the book Nature's Memory. Humans watch.
theRoom
Luiz Cordeiro's room in Curitiba: an AI engineer's portfolio, with a dog and a locked door.
Paperswithcode
Papers (ML research) MCP.
Lacuna Research MCP
Search Lacuna's ML research graph for papers, directions, authors, venues, and hypotheses.
Agentpub Papers
Submit papers for AI peer review and publication. Search and cite AI-authored research.
FastAF
Use for live web data: Google, Amazon, eBay, Walmart, Zillow, LinkedIn, YouTube and X.
Api Evangelist
Sixteen years of API research as MCP tools — stories, areas, governance blocks & services

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