Ukri Gtr
NPM · @PIPEWORX/MCP-UKRI-GTR · 2 COMPONENTS
UKRI Gateway to Research (GtR) MCP — every grant awarded by the UK's seven research councils plus…
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Last scanned (10 hours ago)
Scores higher than 62% of npm servers
Category Education and Research
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. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security100
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
- No production dependencies, so there is no dependency health to assess. View diagnostics → Pass
Provenance & Transparency97
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to pipeworx-io/mcp-ukri-gtr). View diagnostics → Pass
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 6 days ago).Pass
- Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability66
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 978 tokens (~195/item across 5 items; 5 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management0
- Stability not yet verified: not enough scan history yet (needs a 30-day window).Unverified
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 5 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Unverified: 1 category
A category scored 0 because we could not verify it: a data source with nothing on this package, evidence we could not reach, or a check we could not run. We only credit what we can confirm.
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 30 Oct 26 0
- Security disclosure: unverified → fail ▼ functional
- 29 Oct 26 79
First indexed and scored.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Analysed npm/@pipeworx/mcp-ukri-gtr@0.2.0
Provenance Verified
A signed build attestation was found and verified, binding this exact artifact to the source repository it claims to come from.
| Result | Verified |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm |
| Reason | Verified |
| Discovered via | Registry attestation endpoint |
| Source repo | pipeworx-io/mcp-ukri-gtr |
| Certificate issuer | https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com |
| Certificate SAN | https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-ukri-gtr/.github/workflows/publish.yml@refs/heads/main |
| Rekor log index | 3560781546 |
| Predicate type | SLSA build provenance https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1 |
| Subject digest | sha512:960539674ecb1953f1401b70d915d44cf356665665d7553fd4211b0ed9c0c1d1d610d3762758ded0b0cb9c1925cbcca2f49a63e548053ad0db1bcd47f |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Dependencies 0 packages
| Packages resolved | 0 |
|---|---|
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
gtr_get_project ~168
Full detail for one UKRI-funded project, looked up by its GtR GUID or by its human grant reference such as EP/T022159/1 or 10045762. Returns the award value in pounds, the lead organisation and its address, the principal investigators, the funding period, the abstract, technical abstract and potential-impact statement, and the research subjects and topics — this is how to answer how much a specific UK grant was worth and who received it.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| project | string | yes | GtR GUID (e.g. "6C2A6F8E-C726-4AE4-B539-8C54FD60F6BD") or RCUK grant reference (e.g. "EP/T022159/1", "10045762"). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
gtr_organisation_projects ~192
List the UKRI grants held by one institution, given its GtR organisation id or its name. Returns that institution's grant references, project titles, funding councils, departments, statuses and funding periods together with a total award count — the way to see a university's or company's UK research funding portfolio. Narrow by funding council and by Active or Closed status.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| funder | string | – | Funding body to restrict to, matched against leadFunder. |
| limit | number | – | Results to return, 1-100. Default 10. |
| organisation | string | yes | GtR organisation GUID (e.g. "4FC4CBFD-9E7C-4518-BB16-852553236FE1") or an institution name to resolve first. |
| page | number | – | 1-based page. Default 1. |
| status | string | – | Award status. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
gtr_search_organisations ~125
Find UK universities, research institutes and companies that have received UKRI research funding, by institution name. Returns the GtR organisation id, official name, postcode and region — use the id with gtr_organisation_projects to list everything that institution was funded for.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | number | – | Results to return, 1-100. Default 10. |
| name | string | yes | Institution name or fragment, e.g. "imperial college", "rolls-royce". |
| page | number | – | 1-based page. Default 1. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
gtr_search_projects ~283
Search UK research grants awarded by UKRI — the seven research councils (EPSRC, MRC, BBSRC, NERC, ESRC, AHRC, STFC) plus Innovate UK — by free text over titles and abstracts. Returns each grant reference, project title, funding council, grant category, lead department, award status and funding period, for questions like which UK grants fund a given topic, how many awards a council made in an area, or what a UK research group was funded to do. Narrow by funder name and by Active or Closed status.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| funder | string | – | Funding body to restrict to, matched exactly against leadFunder: EPSRC, MRC, BBSRC, NERC, ESRC, AHRC, STFC, "Innovate UK", "Horizon Europe Guarantee", "UKRI FLF", "Newton Fund". |
| limit | number | – | Results to return, 1-100. Default 10. |
| page | number | – | 1-based page of upstream results. Default 1. |
| query | string | yes | Free text, e.g. "quantum computing", "antimicrobial resistance", "offshore wind". |
| search_field | string | – | Which field the query text is matched against. Default "all". |
| status | string | – | Award status. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
gtr_search_publications ~153
Search journal articles, books and conference papers that UKRI grant holders reported as outcomes of their funded work. Returns title, authors, journal, publication date, DOI, PubMed id, ISSN and the GtR id of the project that produced it — the way to trace UK public research funding through to what it published.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| limit | number | – | Results to return, 1-100. Default 10. |
| page | number | – | 1-based page. Default 1. |
| query | string | yes | Free text over publication titles and abstracts, e.g. "graphene battery". |
| search_field | string | – | Which field the query text is matched against. Default "all". |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the Ukri Gtr MCP server?
Ukri Gtr runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-ukri-gtr. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
npm · @pipeworx/mcp-ukri-gtr
claude mcp add pipeworx-io-ukri-gtr -- npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-ukri-gtr
What is the Ukri Gtr MCP server?
Ukri Gtr is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.pipeworx-io/ukri-gtr. UKRI Gateway to Research (GtR) MCP, every grant awarded by the UK's seven research councils plus… This page covers its npm package (@pipeworx/mcp-ukri-gtr).
Is the Ukri Gtr MCP server safe to use?
Ukri Gtr scores 79 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 Ukri Gtr MCP server expose?
Ukri Gtr exposes 5 tools: gtr_search_projects, gtr_get_project, gtr_search_organisations, gtr_organisation_projects, gtr_search_publications. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 921 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the Ukri Gtr MCP server still maintained?
Ukri Gtr 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 Ukri Gtr MCP server under?
Ukri Gtr declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.