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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elements-live": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.elements-live.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${ELEMENTS_LIVE_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add --transport http elements-live https://www.elements-live.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer ${ELEMENTS_LIVE_TOKEN}"

[mcp_servers.elements-live]
url = "https://www.elements-live.com/mcp"
bearer_token_env_var = "ELEMENTS_LIVE_TOKEN"

{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "elements-live": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://www.elements-live.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true,
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer {env:ELEMENTS_LIVE_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elements-live": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.elements-live.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${ELEMENTS_LIVE_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  },
  "deeplink": "cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install?name=elements-live&config=eyJ0eXBlIjoiaHR0cCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmVsZW1lbnRzLWxpdmUuY29tL21jcCIsImhlYWRlcnMiOnsiQXV0aG9yaXphdGlvbiI6IkJlYXJlciAke0VMRU1FTlRTX0xJVkVfVE9LRU59In19"
}

{
  "servers": {
    "elements-live": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.elements-live.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${ELEMENTS_LIVE_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elements-live": {
      "httpUrl": "https://www.elements-live.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${ELEMENTS_LIVE_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}

extensions:
  "elements-live":
    enabled: true
    name: "elements-live"
    type: streamable_http
    uri: "https://www.elements-live.com/mcp"
    headers:
      "Authorization": "Bearer ${ELEMENTS_LIVE_TOKEN}"
    timeout: 300

Placeholders to fill from your own secret store: ${ELEMENTS_LIVE_TOKEN}. The registry never accepts secret values.

Quality 69 / 100needs work

protocol100 · weight 25

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protocol.modernsupports 2026-07-28 (server/discover)
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protocol.statelessanswers without a session
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protocol.transportstreamable HTTP
pass
protocol.list_ttltool list is cacheable (ttlMs 300000)

authorizationn/a · weight 15

n/a
auth.prm, auth.as_metadata, auth.cimdno remote uses OAuth
n/a
auth.secret_in_urlno templated URL

tool hygiene64 · weight 30

pass
tools.descriptionsevery tool has a description
warn
tools.description_length1 tools have descriptions over 1,024 characters, which crowds the context
pass
tools.schemasevery tool has an object input schema
fail
tools.annotationsno tool declares readOnlyHint or destructiveHint, so clients cannot tell safe calls from risky ones
fail
tools.directory_hintsno tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: research (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); search_subjects (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); get_subject_history (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); …
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tools.token_costabout 1,943 tokens to load every tool
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tools.api_dumptools are not a one-to-one API dump

stability25 · weight 15

warn
stability.changes28 tool changes in 30 days
fail
stability.rug_pull3 tools kept their name but changed most of their description in 30 days; review before trusting them

dependenciesn/a · weight 15

n/a
deps.known_vulns, deps.mcp_sdk_version, deps.resolvableno npm or PyPI package

9 tools, about 1,943 tokens to load them all · tool set 4ce0d6820eb6 · tools last changed 2026-10-16 · checked 2026-10-20 15:57 UTC

Tool changes

2026-10-16lab_runchangeddescription
before
Get the papers for a lab_quote: pass its quote_id and a depth (papers_20 or papers_100) to get the top papers matching the quoted filter, ranked by impact, with the curation behind each rank. Titles and metadata only, no abstracts: fetch abstracts by DOI from an abstract source (e.g. OpenAlex) when the answer depends on them. A stale or expired quote is refused. Requires a Professional+ account. Without a key, pay per call: the quoted price of the depth, less the $0.01 quote credit in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
after · 70% of words in common
Get the papers for a lab_quote: pass its quote_id and a depth (papers_20 or papers_100) to get the top papers matching the quoted filter, ranked by impact, with the curation behind each rank. Each paper carries its abstract where one is on file (about 6 in 10). A stale or expired quote is refused. Requires a Professional+ account. Without a key, pay per call: the quoted price of the depth, less the $0.01 quote credit in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
2026-10-16get_element_paperschangeddescription
before
The top papers for one element, narrowed with keyword to one of its materials or applications (e.g. symbol='Al', keyword='aluminum nitride'; the keyword must name one of the element's topics exactly, case aside -- search_subjects finds topic names). Returns title, DOI, venue, year, citations. sort=impact (default) favours recent, well-cited work; sort=foundational gives the most-cited classics; sort=newest the latest. Titles and metadata only, no abstracts: fetch abstracts by DOI from an abstract source (e.g. OpenAlex) when the answer depends on them. Requires a Personal+ account. Capped at 100 papers with no pagination. Without a key, pay per call: $0.02 for up to 20 papers, $0.10 for up to 100, in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
after · 78% of words in common
The top papers for one element, narrowed with keyword to one of its materials or applications (e.g. symbol='Al', keyword='aluminum nitride'; the keyword must name one of the element's topics exactly, case aside -- search_subjects finds topic names). Returns title, DOI, venue, year, citations. sort=impact (default) favours recent, well-cited work; sort=foundational gives the most-cited classics; sort=newest the latest. Each paper carries its abstract where one is on file (about 6 in 10). Requires a Personal+ account. Capped at 100 papers with no pagination. Without a key, pay per call: $0.02 for up to 20 papers, $0.10 for up to 100, in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
2026-10-16get_subject_paperschangeddescription
before
The top papers for one research topic (resolve it with search_subjects first) -- title, DOI, venue, year, citations. Use it when asked what to READ about a specific topic, rather than how active it is. sort=impact (default) favours recent, well-cited work; sort=foundational gives the most-cited classics; sort=newest the latest. Titles and metadata only, no abstracts: fetch abstracts by DOI from an abstract source (e.g. OpenAlex) when the answer depends on them. Requires a Personal+ account. Capped at 100 papers with no pagination. Without a key, pay per call: $0.02 for up to 20 papers, $0.10 for up to 100, in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
after · 77% of words in common
The top papers for one research topic (resolve it with search_subjects first) -- title, DOI, venue, year, citations. Use it when asked what to READ about a specific topic, rather than how active it is. sort=impact (default) favours recent, well-cited work; sort=foundational gives the most-cited classics; sort=newest the latest. Each paper carries its abstract where one is on file (about 6 in 10). Requires a Personal+ account. Capped at 100 papers with no pagination. Without a key, pay per call: $0.02 for up to 20 papers, $0.10 for up to 100, in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
2026-10-16researchchangeddescription
before
CALL THIS FIRST for a literature question about chemistry, materials or physics research -- a broad one ('what matters in X') or a specific process or parameter one (a deposition condition, a property value, a defect mechanism). Send the question in plain words (q), or a paper you already know (paper: DOI or title). Returns reading lists in four lenses: relevant (the papers whose TITLE AND ABSTRACT best match the question, across the whole corpus, BM25 -- start here for a specific question), foundational (the classics the question's own papers cite most), now (highest impact, young papers' citations projected) and newest (last two years); plus the research communities and element sub-communities the question is about, with why each matched and whether it is rising. Put the question's key terms in q: filler words are ignored. unmatched_terms lists words that matched nothing; rephrase those. Each paper carries its DOI and a one-line reason. Abstracts are searched but not returned: fetch them by DOI from an abstract source (e.g. OpenAlex) when the answer depends on what a paper reports. One page = up to 10 papers per lens; ask for page 2+ only if needed. Requires a Personal+ account. Without a key, pay per call: $0.05 in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
after · 82% of words in common
CALL THIS FIRST for a literature question about chemistry, materials or physics research -- a broad one ('what matters in X') or a specific process or parameter one (a deposition condition, a property value, a defect mechanism). Send the question in plain words (q), or a paper you already know (paper: DOI or title). Returns reading lists in four lenses: relevant (the papers whose TITLE AND ABSTRACT best match the question, across the whole corpus, BM25 -- start here for a specific question), foundational (the classics the question's own papers cite most), now (highest impact, young papers' citations projected) and newest (last two years); plus the research communities and element sub-communities the question is about, with why each matched and whether it is rising. Put the question's key terms in q: filler words are ignored. unmatched_terms lists words that matched nothing; rephrase those. Each paper carries its DOI, a one-line reason and its abstract where one is on file. Our corpus is curated, not complete: the relevant lens also brings up to 3 of every 10 results from OpenAlex, marked source='openalex' and labelled not yet curated. One page = up to 10 papers per lens; ask for page 2+ only if needed. Requires a Personal+ account. Without a key, pay per call: $0.05 in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
2026-10-16lab_runchangeddescription
before
Buy a Lab quote: pass the quote_id from lab_quote and a depth (papers_20 or papers_100) to get the top papers matching the quoted query, ranked by impact, with the curation behind each rank. Priced from the quote, less the $0.01 the quote cost. A stale or expired quote is refused before any payment. Requires a Professional+ account. Without a key, pay per call: the quoted price of the depth, less the $0.01 quote credit in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
after · 68% of words in common
Get the papers for a lab_quote: pass its quote_id and a depth (papers_20 or papers_100) to get the top papers matching the quoted filter, ranked by impact, with the curation behind each rank. Titles and metadata only, no abstracts: fetch abstracts by DOI from an abstract source (e.g. OpenAlex) when the answer depends on them. A stale or expired quote is refused. Requires a Professional+ account. Without a key, pay per call: the quoted price of the depth, less the $0.01 quote credit in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
2026-10-16lab_quotechangeddescription
before
Price a research question before buying it. Send a filter in the Lab syntax: +must -exclude "exact topic" (a OR b) wild* year:2015..2026, over element symbols or names and topic names (e.g. +Li +Co "solid electrolyte" -sulfide). Returns how many papers match, by year and by research community, the nearest broader query when nothing matches, and a binding quote_id with a price for each deliverable (ranked papers, the full packet). Requires a Professional+ account. Without a key, pay per call: $0.01 in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
after · 60% of words in common
Scope a multi-term question with a boolean filter: +must -exclude "exact topic" (a OR b) wild* year:2015..2026, over element symbols or names and EXACT topic names (e.g. +Li +Co "solid electrolyte" -sulfide). Words that are neither are DROPPED, and wildcards can expand into unrelated fields: read `warnings` first -- it lists every dropped term with the nearest topics, every abbreviation read as a topic, and every wildcard expansion. Returns how many papers match, by year and by research community, the nearest broader query when nothing matches, and a quote_id that lab_run turns into the ranked papers. Narrow filters (two elements + one topic) work best. Requires a Professional+ account. Without a key, pay per call: $0.01 in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
2026-10-16get_element_paperschangeddescriptionmeaning changed
before
List the top papers driving an element's RI -- title, DOI, venue, year, citations. Requires a Personal+ account. Capped at 100 papers with no pagination. Without a key, pay per call: $0.02 for up to 20 papers, $0.10 for up to 100, in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
after · 44% of words in common
The top papers for one element, narrowed with keyword to one of its materials or applications (e.g. symbol='Al', keyword='aluminum nitride'; the keyword must name one of the element's topics exactly, case aside -- search_subjects finds topic names). Returns title, DOI, venue, year, citations. sort=impact (default) favours recent, well-cited work; sort=foundational gives the most-cited classics; sort=newest the latest. Titles and metadata only, no abstracts: fetch abstracts by DOI from an abstract source (e.g. OpenAlex) when the answer depends on them. Requires a Personal+ account. Capped at 100 papers with no pagination. Without a key, pay per call: $0.02 for up to 20 papers, $0.10 for up to 100, in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
2026-10-16get_subject_paperschangeddescription
before
List the top papers driving a research topic's RI -- title, DOI, venue, year, citations. This is the grounding tool: use it when asked what to READ about a topic, rather than how active it is. Requires a Personal+ account. Capped at 100 papers with no pagination. Without a key, pay per call: $0.02 for up to 20 papers, $0.10 for up to 100, in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
after · 56% of words in common
The top papers for one research topic (resolve it with search_subjects first) -- title, DOI, venue, year, citations. Use it when asked what to READ about a specific topic, rather than how active it is. sort=impact (default) favours recent, well-cited work; sort=foundational gives the most-cited classics; sort=newest the latest. Titles and metadata only, no abstracts: fetch abstracts by DOI from an abstract source (e.g. OpenAlex) when the answer depends on them. Requires a Personal+ account. Capped at 100 papers with no pagination. Without a key, pay per call: $0.02 for up to 20 papers, $0.10 for up to 100, in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
2026-10-16researchchangeddescription, input schema
before
CALL THIS FIRST for any literature, reading-list or 'what is important / what is moving' question about chemistry, materials or physics research. Send the question in plain words (q), or a paper you already know (paper: DOI or title). Returns the research communities and element sub-communities the question is about, with why each matched and whether it is rising, and curated reading lists in three lenses: foundational (the classics the question's own papers cite most), now (highest impact, young papers' citations projected) and newest (last two years). Each paper carries its DOI and a one-line reason. One page = up to 10 papers per lens; ask for page 2+ only if needed -- `next` says what it costs. Requires a Personal+ account. Without a key, pay per call: $0.05 in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
after · 60% of words in common
CALL THIS FIRST for a literature question about chemistry, materials or physics research -- a broad one ('what matters in X') or a specific process or parameter one (a deposition condition, a property value, a defect mechanism). Send the question in plain words (q), or a paper you already know (paper: DOI or title). Returns reading lists in four lenses: relevant (the papers whose TITLE AND ABSTRACT best match the question, across the whole corpus, BM25 -- start here for a specific question), foundational (the classics the question's own papers cite most), now (highest impact, young papers' citations projected) and newest (last two years); plus the research communities and element sub-communities the question is about, with why each matched and whether it is rising. Put the question's key terms in q: filler words are ignored. unmatched_terms lists words that matched nothing; rephrase those. Each paper carries its DOI and a one-line reason. Abstracts are searched but not returned: fetch them by DOI from an abstract source (e.g. OpenAlex) when the answer depends on what a paper reports. One page = up to 10 papers per lens; ask for page 2+ only if needed. Requires a Personal+ account. Without a key, pay per call: $0.05 in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
2026-10-15get_element_paperschangedinput schema

Showing the latest 10. Full history: list_changes · trend: quality JSON.

Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed. How it is computed.

Trust 79 / 100

no-repository

provenance45

liveness97

freshness100

hygiene80

+dns-namespace +reachable +uptime-93% +updated-19d-ago -no-repository

Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed. How it is computed.

Endpoints

remote	auth	reachable	uptime 30d	p50	protocol	last ok
`https://www.elements-live.com/mcp` streamable-http	none	yes	93%	364 ms	2026-07-28	2026-10-20

Tools (9)

`get_element_papers`	The top papers for one element, narrowed with keyword to one of its materials or applications (e.g. symbol='Al', keyword='aluminum nitride'; the keyword must name one of the element's topics exactly, case aside -- search_subjects finds topic names). Returns title, DOI, venue, year, citations. sort=impact (default) favours recent, well-cited work; sort=foundational gives the most-cited classics; sort=newest the latest. Each paper carries its abstract where one is on file (about 6 in 10). Requires a Personal+ account. Capped at 100 papers with no pagination. Without a key, pay per call: $0.02 for up to 20 papers, $0.10 for up to 100, in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
`get_element_ri`	Get current Research Intensity (RIS) for one of the 118 chemical elements, with a citation URL. No API key needed. Historical RI (HRI) is included with a Personal+ key.
`get_subject_history`	Full yearly (or monthly) RIS/HRI history for one topic/keyword/sector. Requires a Personal+ account. Without a key, pay per call: $0.10 in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
`get_subject_papers`	The top papers for one research topic (resolve it with search_subjects first) -- title, DOI, venue, year, citations. Use it when asked what to READ about a specific topic, rather than how active it is. sort=impact (default) favours recent, well-cited work; sort=foundational gives the most-cited classics; sort=newest the latest. Each paper carries its abstract where one is on file (about 6 in 10). Requires a Personal+ account. Capped at 100 papers with no pagination. Without a key, pay per call: $0.02 for up to 20 papers, $0.10 for up to 100, in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
`get_subject_ri`	Get RI, RIS, HRI and paper count for one research topic/keyword/sector. Requires a Personal+ account -- call search_subjects first to resolve subject_type/subject_id. Without a key, pay per call: $0.01 in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
`lab_quote`	Scope a multi-term question with a boolean filter: +must -exclude "exact topic" (a OR b) wild* year:2015..2026, over element symbols or names and EXACT topic names (e.g. +Li +Co "solid electrolyte" -sulfide). Words that are neither are DROPPED, and wildcards can expand into unrelated fields: read `warnings` first -- it lists every dropped term with the nearest topics, every abbreviation read as a topic, and every wildcard expansion. Returns how many papers match, by year and by research community, the nearest broader query when nothing matches, and a quote_id that lab_run turns into the ranked papers. Narrow filters (two elements + one topic) work best. Requires a Professional+ account. Without a key, pay per call: $0.01 in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
`lab_run`	Get the papers for a lab_quote: pass its quote_id and a depth (papers_20 or papers_100) to get the top papers matching the quoted filter, ranked by impact, with the curation behind each rank. Each paper carries its abstract where one is on file (about 6 in 10). A stale or expired quote is refused. Requires a Professional+ account. Without a key, pay per call: the quoted price of the depth, less the $0.01 quote credit in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
`research`	CALL THIS FIRST for a literature question about chemistry, materials or physics research -- a broad one ('what matters in X') or a specific process or parameter one (a deposition condition, a property value, a defect mechanism). Send the question in plain words (q), or a paper you already know (paper: DOI or title). Returns reading lists in four lenses: relevant (the papers whose TITLE AND ABSTRACT best match the question, across the whole corpus, BM25 -- start here for a specific question), foundational (the classics the question's own papers cite most), now (highest impact, young papers' citations projected) and newest (last two years); plus the research communities and element sub-communities the question is about, with why each matched and whether it is rising. Put the question's key terms in q: filler words are ignored. unmatched_terms lists words that matched nothing; rephrase those. Each paper carries its DOI, a one-line reason and its abstract where one is on file. Our corpus is curated, not complete: the relevant lens also brings up to 3 of every 10 results from OpenAlex, marked source='openalex' and labelled not yet curated. One page = up to 10 papers per lens; ask for page 2+ only if needed. Requires a Personal+ account. Without a key, pay per call: $0.05 in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).
`search_subjects`	Resolve a free-text query (a compound, material, or research topic) to its subject_type/subject_id for use with get_subject_ri. Free with any API key. Without a key, pay per call: $0.01 in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).

Schemas: list_tools.

Similar MCP servers

Official server.json

{
  "name": "com.elements-live/elements-live",
  "title": "Elements Live",
  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
  "remotes": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.elements-live.com/mcp",
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "headers": [
        {
          "name": "Authorization",
          "isSecret": true,
          "description": "Optional. Bearer <your Elements Live API key>, created at https://www.elements-live.com/account. Without a key, element scores are free and every other tool can be paid per call in USDC (x402, Base or Solana). The key is sent as a header and is never a tool argument, so it does not enter the model's context or transcripts."
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "version": "2.1.0",
  "description": "Research intensity for 118 elements and topics, ~10M papers. Free element scores; x402 pay-per-call."
}