# com.dropwatchhq/research-intel (remote · research.dropwatchhq.com)

Research GTM triggers: new NIH grants by PI/institution and new clinical trials by sponsor/phase.

- Trust score: 54/100 (low)
- Change this week: +2
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- remote · `research.dropwatchhq.com`: 54/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-dropwatchhq-research-intel/research.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-dropwatchhq-research-intel/research)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://research.dropwatchhq.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## 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 2026-08-03.

- **Endpoint Security**: 46/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 5 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - HTTPS check failed: the endpoint is reachable over plaintext HTTP.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 58/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 995 tokens (~199/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 92/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 76% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 20/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2024-11-05; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http com-dropwatchhq-research-intel https://research.dropwatchhq.com/mcp
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.com-dropwatchhq-research-intel]
url = "https://research.dropwatchhq.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "com-dropwatchhq-research-intel": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://research.dropwatchhq.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add com-dropwatchhq-research-intel --url https://research.dropwatchhq.com/mcp --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  com-dropwatchhq-research-intel:
    url: "https://research.dropwatchhq.com/mcp"
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "com-dropwatchhq-research-intel": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://research.dropwatchhq.com/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.

### 2026-08-02 (score 54, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-31 (score 53, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-30 (score 53, 0)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-29 (score 53, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-27 (score 52, +1)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-26 (score 51)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (5)

### `new_funding` (~252 tokens)

THE GTM-trigger tool. Return the newest NIH grants and newly-registered clinical trials in a territory — the highest-intent buying signal in life-sciences sales (a newly-funded lab has budget and is choosing vendors now). Filter by institution, PI, sponsor, topic, state, IC, phase.

Input parameters:

- `ic` (string): NIH Institute/Center abbreviation, e.g. 'NCI'.
- `institution` (string): Institution name substring.
- `keyword` (string)
- `kind` (string): 'grant' or 'trial' to restrict.
- `limit` (number): Max per kind (default 50).
- `maxAmount` (number)
- `minAmount` (number)
- `phase` (string): Trial phase substring, e.g. 'PHASE2'.
- `pi` (string): Principal investigator name substring.
- `sponsor` (string): Trial sponsor name substring.
- `sponsorClass` (string): INDUSTRY | NIH | OTHER_GOV | OTHER | INDIV.
- `state` (string): 2-letter US state of the org/site.
- `topic` (string): Canonical topic slug, e.g. 'oncology', 'neuroscience'.

### `whats_changed_since` (~248 tokens)

Return grants/trials that are NEW or MODIFIED since a cursor token (cursor = your bookmark / CRM-sync point). Pass the cursor from a prior call to get only changes since then. Same filters as new_funding.

Input parameters:

- `cursor` (string): Opaque cursor from a previous response; omit for first call.
- `ic` (string): NIH Institute/Center abbreviation, e.g. 'NCI'.
- `institution` (string): Institution name substring.
- `keyword` (string)
- `kind` (string): 'grant' or 'trial' to restrict.
- `limit` (number)
- `maxAmount` (number)
- `minAmount` (number)
- `phase` (string): Trial phase substring, e.g. 'PHASE2'.
- `pi` (string): Principal investigator name substring.
- `sponsor` (string): Trial sponsor name substring.
- `sponsorClass` (string): INDUSTRY | NIH | OTHER_GOV | OTHER | INDIV.
- `state` (string): 2-letter US state of the org/site.
- `topic` (string): Canonical topic slug, e.g. 'oncology', 'neuroscience'.

### `delta_digest` (~215 tokens)

New grants + new trials in a filter over the last N days (the weekly-digest payload). Best for BD teams.

Input parameters:

- `days` (number): Lookback days (default 7).
- `ic` (string): NIH Institute/Center abbreviation, e.g. 'NCI'.
- `institution` (string): Institution name substring.
- `keyword` (string)
- `kind` (string): 'grant' or 'trial' to restrict.
- `maxAmount` (number)
- `minAmount` (number)
- `phase` (string): Trial phase substring, e.g. 'PHASE2'.
- `pi` (string): Principal investigator name substring.
- `sponsor` (string): Trial sponsor name substring.
- `sponsorClass` (string): INDUSTRY | NIH | OTHER_GOV | OTHER | INDIV.
- `state` (string): 2-letter US state of the org/site.
- `topic` (string): Canonical topic slug, e.g. 'oncology', 'neuroscience'.

### `entity_watch` (~67 tokens)

Recent funding/trial events for one institution, PI, sponsor, or topic. Use to enrich an account or check a competitor.

Input parameters:

- `type` (string, required): 'institution' | 'pi' | 'sponsor' | 'topic'.
- `value` (string, required): The entity name/value.

### `search_records` (~213 tokens)

Ad-hoc search/enrichment over snapshotted grants + trials by any filter (keyword, sponsorClass, topic, $ range).

Input parameters:

- `ic` (string): NIH Institute/Center abbreviation, e.g. 'NCI'.
- `institution` (string): Institution name substring.
- `keyword` (string)
- `kind` (string): 'grant' or 'trial' to restrict.
- `limit` (number): Default 50.
- `maxAmount` (number)
- `minAmount` (number)
- `phase` (string): Trial phase substring, e.g. 'PHASE2'.
- `pi` (string): Principal investigator name substring.
- `sponsor` (string): Trial sponsor name substring.
- `sponsorClass` (string): INDUSTRY | NIH | OTHER_GOV | OTHER | INDIV.
- `state` (string): 2-letter US state of the org/site.
- `topic` (string): Canonical topic slug, e.g. 'oncology', 'neuroscience'.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-dropwatchhq-research-intel/research#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 54
- 2026-08-02: 54
- 2026-08-01: 53
- 2026-07-31: 53
- 2026-07-30: 53
- 2026-07-29: 53
- 2026-07-28: 52
- 2026-07-27: 52
- 2026-07-26: 51

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://research.dropwatchhq.com/mcp
- Website: https://research.dropwatchhq.com/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-dropwatchhq-research-intel/research/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-dropwatchhq-research-intel/research/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/com-dropwatchhq-research-intel/research