# Nih Reporter (npm · @pipeworx/mcp-nih-reporter)

NIH RePORTER MCP — every NIH-funded research project (free, no auth)

- Trust score: 82/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `gateway.pipeworx.io`: 85/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-nih-reporter/nih-reporter-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-nih-reporter/nih-reporter-mcp)
- npm · `@pipeworx/mcp-nih-reporter`: 82/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-nih-reporter/pipeworx-mcp-nih-reporter.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-nih-reporter/pipeworx-mcp-nih-reporter)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@pipeworx/mcp-nih-reporter`
- Version: `0.2.1`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, 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.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 100/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 97/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to pipeworx-io/mcp-nih-reporter).
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 1 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 70/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1332 tokens (~148/item across 9 items; 9 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 23/100
  - Stability observed for 7 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 89/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 66% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 9 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 10 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Nih Reporter MCP server?

Nih Reporter runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-nih-reporter. 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 pipeworx-io-nih-reporter -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-nih-reporter
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-nih-reporter": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-nih-reporter"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "pipeworx-io-nih-reporter": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-nih-reporter"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add pipeworx-io-nih-reporter -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-nih-reporter
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "pipeworx-io-nih-reporter": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-nih-reporter"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add pipeworx-io-nih-reporter --command npx --arg -y --arg @pipeworx/mcp-nih-reporter
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  pipeworx-io-nih-reporter:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-nih-reporter"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-nih-reporter": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-nih-reporter"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add pipeworx-io-nih-reporter -t stdio -c npx -a -y @pipeworx/mcp-nih-reporter
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-io-nih-reporter": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@pipeworx/mcp-nih-reporter"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## 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.

### 2026-11-04 (score 82, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-11-03 (score 67, −12)

- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.17
- [functional] Package version: 0.2.0 → 0.2.1

### 2026-10-30 (score 79, 0)

- [functional regression] Security disclosure: unverified → fail

### 2026-10-29 (score 79)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (9)

### `search_grants` (~401 tokens)

Search NIH-funded research projects. Filter by free-text query (topic/subject matter — matches title/abstract/terms, NOT the awardee), PI name, organization (the funded company/university/institution — use THIS, not query, for "what grants has <company/university> received"), fiscal year, US state, or NIH institute code (NCI, NHLBI, NIAID, etc.). Returns project number, PI, institution, fiscal year, award amount, and abstract preview.

Input parameters:

- `fiscal_year` (number): Fiscal year (e.g., 2024)
- `ic` (string): NIH Institute/Center code (e.g., "NCI", "NHLBI", "NIMH")
- `limit` (number): Results per page (1-500, default 25)
- `offset` (number): Pagination offset (default 0)
- `organization` (string): The funded organization — the company, university, hospital, or institution that RECEIVED the award (e.g., "Stanford University"). This is the correct filter whenever the question names a specific or…
- `pi_name` (string): PI last name (or any name part)
- `query` (string): Free-text search over project title/abstract/terms — an AND match on the SUBJECT MATTER words you pass (e.g. "cancer immunotherapy"), not a lookup by funding recipient. Do NOT put a company, institut…
- `state` (string): US state code (e.g., "CA")

### `get_project` (~73 tokens)

Fetch one NIH project application record by application ID (numeric, distinct from project number). Returns its complete abstract, public-health relevance, terms, PIs, organization, dates, and award amount. Use nih_grant_award_history for multi-year award history.

Input parameters:

- `appl_id` (number, required): NIH application ID (integer)

### `search_publications` (~120 tokens)

Search publications acknowledging NIH funding. Filter by PMID, application ID, or core project number. Useful for "what came out of this grant" follow-ups.

Input parameters:

- `appl_ids` (string): Comma-separated NIH application IDs
- `core_project_nums` (string): Comma-separated core project numbers (e.g., "R01CA123456")
- `limit` (number): Results per page (1-500, default 25)
- `offset` (number): Pagination offset
- `pmids` (string): Comma-separated PubMed IDs

### `nih_grant_award_history` (~92 tokens)

Build the annual NIH award history for one core project number, including award, direct/indirect cost, budget dates, application type, and cumulative reported funding. Annual award amounts are obligations for each fiscal year—not company revenue, cash received, or guaranteed future funding.

Input parameters:

- `core_project_num` (string, required): Core project number, e.g. R43GM128494 or UG1HD078437.

### `nih_new_grant_awards` (~196 tokens)

Find recently issued NIH awards, optionally restricted to new competing applications, topic, organization, state, institute, activity code, or SBIR/STTR. Useful for financing and emerging-program monitoring; an award notice does not establish commercial validation or future funding.

Input parameters:

- `activity_code` (string): NIH activity code such as R01, R43, or U01.
- `days` (number): Look-back window, 1–365 days (default 30).
- `ic` (string)
- `limit` (number): 1–100, default 25.
- `new_competing_only` (boolean): Restrict to application type 1 (default true).
- `organization` (string)
- `query` (string): Topic text across title, abstract, and terms.
- `sbir_sttr_only` (boolean): Restrict to SBIR/STTR research projects.
- `state` (string)

### `nih_funding_concentration` (~108 tokens)

Summarize NIH award dollars and record counts by fiscal year, recipient organization, contact PI, activity code, and funding mechanism for a bounded topic, organization, or PI search. Results disclose truncation and represent reported federal obligations—not valuation, revenue, or total research spending.

Input parameters:

- `from_fiscal_year` (number)
- `organization` (string)
- `pi_name` (string)
- `query` (string)
- `to_fiscal_year` (number)

### `nih_sbir_company_portfolio` (~96 tokens)

Summarize an organization’s NIH SBIR/STTR award portfolio by core project, fiscal year, activity code, and PI. Organization matching is wildcard-based; verify recipient identity and note that reported award amounts are federal obligations, not revenue or unrestricted cash.

Input parameters:

- `from_fiscal_year` (number)
- `organization` (string, required): Recipient organization name or distinctive fragment.
- `to_fiscal_year` (number)

### `nih_funding_expirations` (~107 tokens)

Find active NIH projects matching a topic or organization whose current project period is scheduled to end soon. Treat the end date as a monitoring cue only—it can be extended, renewed, supplemented, or updated and does not prove a funding cliff.

Input parameters:

- `days` (number): Forward window, 30–730 days (default 180).
- `limit` (number): 1–100, default 25.
- `organization` (string)
- `query` (string)

### `nih_grant_publication_summary` (~84 tokens)

Count publications linked by NIH RePORTER to a core project number and return a bounded PMID sample. Publication linkage reflects acknowledged grant support; it is not a citation-impact, product-readiness, or causal-attribution measure.

Input parameters:

- `core_project_num` (string, required)
- `limit` (number): PMID sample size, 1–100 (default 25).

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-nih-reporter/pipeworx-mcp-nih-reporter#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 82
- 2026-11-04: 82
- 2026-11-03: 67
- 2026-11-02: 79
- 2026-11-01: 79
- 2026-10-31: 79
- 2026-10-30: 79
- 2026-10-29: 79

## Common questions

### What is the Nih Reporter MCP server?

Nih Reporter is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/nih-reporter. NIH RePORTER MCP, every NIH-funded research project (free, no auth). This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-nih-reporter).

### Is the Nih Reporter MCP server safe to use?

Nih Reporter scores 82 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. 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 Nih Reporter MCP server expose?

Nih Reporter exposes 9 tools: search_grants, get_project, search_publications, nih_grant_award_history, nih_new_grant_awards, and 4 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 1,277 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the Nih Reporter MCP server still maintained?

Nih Reporter is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the Nih Reporter MCP server under?

Nih Reporter declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

### What did VerifyMCP test on the Nih Reporter MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 16 checks on Nih Reporter, covering Malware scan, Known CVEs, Install scripts, Dependency health and 12 more. Endpoint Security and Transport & Reachability do not apply to an npm package, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pipeworx/mcp-nih-reporter
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@pipeworx/mcp-nih-reporter
- Repository: https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-nih-reporter
- Website: https://pipeworx.io/packs/nih-reporter
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-nih-reporter/pipeworx-mcp-nih-reporter.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-nih-reporter/pipeworx-mcp-nih-reporter/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-nih-reporter/pipeworx-mcp-nih-reporter.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/pipeworx-io-nih-reporter/pipeworx-mcp-nih-reporter