# ResearchPilot (remote · researchpilot-academy-production.up.railway.app)

Plan and verify evidence-aware research workflows with specialist execution receipts.

- Trust score: 75/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `researchpilot-academy-production.up.railway.app`: 75/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/cnucho-researchpilot/researchpilot-academy-production.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/cnucho-researchpilot/researchpilot-academy-production)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://researchpilot-academy-production.up.railway.app/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `0.2.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 11/100
  - TLS not yet verified: we couldn't open a connection to check the certificate.
  - Authorisation not yet verified: we couldn't confirm whether this endpoint requires it.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS not yet verified: we couldn't read the response headers to check for it.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 0/100
  - Transport check failed: declared streamable-http, but we couldn't connect to verify it.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 0/100
  - Schema not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's schema, or could read only part of its tool list.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 0/100
  - Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).
- **Tool Coverage**: 0/100
  - Tool coverage not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's tools, or could read only part of the list.
- **Tool Safety**: 0/100
  - Tool safety not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's tools, or could read only part of the list.
- **Capabilities**: 0/100
  - Capabilities not yet verified: we couldn't read the endpoint's capabilities.

**Unverified: 5 categories.** Categories scored 0 because we could not verify them: authentication we do not have, an unreachable endpoint, or not enough scan history. We only credit what we can confirm.

## Install

### How do I install the ResearchPilot MCP server?

ResearchPilot is a hosted endpoint at https://researchpilot-academy-production.up.railway.app/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http cnucho-researchpilot 'https://researchpilot-academy-production.up.railway.app/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cnucho-researchpilot": {
      "url": "https://researchpilot-academy-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "cnucho-researchpilot": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://researchpilot-academy-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.cnucho-researchpilot]
url = "https://researchpilot-academy-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "cnucho-researchpilot": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://researchpilot-academy-production.up.railway.app/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add cnucho-researchpilot --url 'https://researchpilot-academy-production.up.railway.app/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  cnucho-researchpilot:
    url: "https://researchpilot-academy-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "cnucho-researchpilot": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://researchpilot-academy-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add cnucho-researchpilot -t streamable-http -u 'https://researchpilot-academy-production.up.railway.app/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cnucho-researchpilot": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://researchpilot-academy-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-05 (score 75, 0)

- [security regression] Endpoint reachability: reachable → unreachable
- [security regression] HSTS header: fail → unverified
- [security regression] Authorization: partial → unverified
- [security regression] Tool safety: pass → unverified
- [security regression] Stability: 0.40 → unverified
- [security regression] TLS certificate: pass → unverified
- [security regression] Transport: pass → fail
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 100 → unverified
- [functional regression] Capabilities: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified

### 2026-11-04 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 37 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 11 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-02 (score 74, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 30 to 33. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 9 days of observed history at the previous scan, 10 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-31 (score 73, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-29 (score 72, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-27 (score 71, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-25 (score 70, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-24 (score 69, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

## MCP tools (23)

### `researchpilot_open_workspace` (~45 tokens)

Open the interactive ResearchPilot workspace when the user wants to select a project, inspect method capability, review research context, or edit an instruction before continuing in the host AI conversation.

### `researchpilot_capabilities` (~31 tokens)

Read canonical ResearchPilot capability authority. Use this before claiming that ResearchPilot can directly execute a research method.

### `researchpilot_check_method` (~47 tokens)

Check one ResearchPilot capability by canonical capability ID and distinguish discussion/planning, direct execution, certified core, registered engine, and specialist handoff.

Input parameters:

- `capabilityId` (string, required)

### `researchpilot_search_literature` (~45 tokens)

Search research literature through ResearchPilot's OpenAlex/Crossref adapter. Bibliographic verification is not scientific-quality or full-text verification.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required)

### `researchpilot_search_datasets` (~50 tokens)

Search ResearchPilot dataset/data-paper providers with explicit provider availability states. Returned records remain source candidates, not automatic dataset-fit approval.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required)
- `scope` (string)

### `researchpilot_research_registry` (~65 tokens)

Search ResearchPilot's unified method/model, source-provider, official-reference, or planned-plugin registry. Planning/discovery only; registry presence never authorizes execution or collection.

Input parameters:

- `kind` (string, required)
- `limit` (integer)
- `query` (string)

### `researchpilot_build_collection_recipe` (~85 tokens)

Build a reproducible collection plan for YouTube metadata, web text, legal references, data APIs, or a bounded text corpus. This returns a plan only and never claims collection occurred.

Input parameters:

- `goal` (string, required)
- `period` (string)
- `query` (string)
- `sourceType` (string, required)
- `targetSize` (integer)

### `researchpilot_content_analysis_template` (~68 tokens)

Create a bounded content-analysis codebook and validation skeleton with sampling/coding/context units, category contracts, pilot coding and human/AI validation requirements. Categories remain researcher proposals.

Input parameters:

- `approach` (string)
- `codingMode` (string)
- `researchQuestion` (string, required)

### `researchpilot_text_analysis_pilot` (~124 tokens)

Create a bounded text-analysis pilot package: collection recipe, codebook skeleton, corpus manifest, pilot/validation plan, AG-UI state, and specialist handoff route. Design only; no coding or validation is claimed.

Input parameters:

- `approach` (string)
- `categories` (array)
- `codingMode` (string)
- `corpusItems` (array)
- `period` (string)
- `query` (string)
- `researchQuestion` (string, required)
- `sourceType` (string)
- `targetSize` (integer)

### `researchpilot_handoff_summary` (~48 tokens)

Validate the outer ResearchPilot specialist handoff identity and return a bounded context summary without source bodies. Use the original handoff package as the authority.

Input parameters:

- `handoff` (object, required)

### `researchpilot_handoff_context` (~51 tokens)

Read the immutable ResearchContext snapshot carried by a ResearchPilot handoff, including an evidence catalog without source bodies. This does not mutate Studio state or authorize execution.

Input parameters:

- `handoff` (object, required)

### `researchpilot_read_handoff_evidence` (~60 tokens)

Read one exact evidence page from a ResearchPilot handoff after verifying the outer source digest against the immutable ResearchContext snapshot.

Input parameters:

- `handoff` (object, required)
- `offset` (integer)
- `sourceId` (string, required)

### `researchpilot_get_profile` (~37 tokens)

Return the authenticated ResearchPilot user profile for the current OAuth connection. Use only for user identity/personalization, not as research evidence.

Output parameters:

- `email` (string)
- `id` (string)
- `name` (string)
- `nickname` (string)

### `researchpilot_list_projects` (~40 tokens)

List the authenticated user's active ResearchPilot projects, newest first. Use before choosing a project when the user's phrase such as 'my study' is ambiguous.

### `researchpilot_get_project_context` (~60 tokens)

Read one authenticated user's cloud ResearchPilot project state: research question, decisions, analysis/result summaries, stale state, source identities/digests and local-artifact availability. Raw local research files are intentionally absent.

Input parameters:

- `projectId` (string, required)

### `researchpilot_get_user_memory` (~35 tokens)

Read the authenticated user's ResearchPilot working preferences and bounded routing history. These are workflow/presentation signals, never scientific authority.

### `researchpilot_update_user_preferences` (~127 tokens)

Update bounded ResearchPilot working/writing preferences only when the user explicitly states a stable preference. These preferences affect presentation/workflow, never scientific authority or method validity.

Input parameters:

- `answerStyle` (string|null)
- `avoidTextbookStyle` (boolean|null)
- `citationStyle` (string|null)
- `discipline` (string|null)
- `preferEvidenceBeforeAdvice` (boolean|null)
- `preferredOutput` (string|null)
- `resultFirst` (boolean|null)
- `targetGenre` (string|null)
- `writingVoice` (string|null)

### `researchpilot_record_routing_feedback` (~105 tokens)

Record explicit user feedback about a ResearchPilot capability/tool outcome. Call only when the user explicitly accepts, rejects, corrects, or reports failure/success. Do not store the user's full research question or source text.

Input parameters:

- `capabilityId` (string|null)
- `feedback` (string|null)
- `outcome` (string, required)
- `projectId` (string|null)
- `taskFamily` (string, required)
- `toolName` (string|null)

### `researchpilot_list_work_artifacts` (~56 tokens)

List saved working artifacts for one authenticated ResearchPilot project. Use this to continue prior host-AI plans, interpretations, critiques, or drafts without treating them as researcher-approved canonical decisions.

Input parameters:

- `projectId` (string, required)

### `researchpilot_read_work_artifact` (~48 tokens)

Read one saved working artifact after verifying that both project and artifact belong to the authenticated ResearchPilot owner.

Input parameters:

- `artifactId` (string, required)
- `projectId` (string, required)

### `researchpilot_prepare_specialist_execution` (~89 tokens)

Prepare a rigorous specialist execution request bound to the authenticated project, exact ResearchContext digest, capability authority, and input artifact digests. This does not execute the analysis or transfer local raw files.

Input parameters:

- `capabilityId` (string, required)
- `projectId` (string, required)
- `requestedWork` (string, required)
- `requiredOutputs` (array)
- `rigor` (string)

### `researchpilot_validate_specialist_receipt` (~68 tokens)

Validate a specialist execution receipt against its ResearchPilot request and authenticated project/context identity. This verifies identity, input digests, sample accounting, diagnostics and validation-state structure; it does not independently validate scientific correctness.

Input parameters:

- `receipt` (object, required)
- `request` (object, required)

### `researchpilot_save_work_artifact` (~100 tokens)

Save a substantive project-specific plan, interpretation, critique, draft, or specialist result as a non-canonical WORKING artifact. Use for durable ResearchPilot continuity; this never accepts a research decision or authorizes execution.

Input parameters:

- `contextDigest` (string, required)
- `kind` (string, required)
- `projectId` (string, required)
- `sourceRefs` (array)
- `text` (string, required)
- `title` (string, required)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/cnucho-researchpilot/researchpilot-academy-production#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 75
- 2026-11-04: 75
- 2026-11-03: 74
- 2026-11-02: 74
- 2026-11-01: 73
- 2026-10-31: 73
- 2026-10-30: 72
- 2026-10-29: 72
- 2026-10-28: 71
- 2026-10-27: 71
- 2026-10-26: 70
- 2026-10-25: 70
- 2026-10-24: 69
- 2026-10-23: 69

## Common questions

### What is the ResearchPilot MCP server?

ResearchPilot is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.cnucho/researchpilot. Plan and verify evidence-aware research workflows with specialist execution receipts. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://researchpilot-academy-production.up.railway.app/mcp).

### Is the ResearchPilot MCP server safe to use?

ResearchPilot scores 75 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the ResearchPilot MCP server expose?

ResearchPilot exposes 23 tools: researchpilot_open_workspace, researchpilot_capabilities, researchpilot_check_method, researchpilot_search_literature, researchpilot_search_datasets, and 18 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,484 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the ResearchPilot MCP server require authentication?

Its publisher declares no required credentials for ResearchPilot. We have not been able to confirm that against the live endpoint, and a server can require authorisation without declaring it here.

### Is the ResearchPilot MCP server still maintained?

ResearchPilot is still listed in the MCP registry, though our most recent checks did not reach this channel. We last reached this channel on 4 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://researchpilot-academy-production.up.railway.app/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/cnucho/AcademicResearchCopilot
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/cnucho-researchpilot/researchpilot-academy-production.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/cnucho-researchpilot/researchpilot-academy-production.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/cnucho-researchpilot/researchpilot-academy-production