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Elements Live

com.elements-live/elements-live · v2.1.0

Research intensity for 118 elements and topics, ~10M papers. Free element scores; x402 pay-per-call.

Connect Remote server

Terminal
claude mcp add --transport http elements-live https://www.elements-live.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elements-live": {
      "url": "https://www.elements-live.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "elements-live": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.elements-live.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Claude Desktop
Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://www.elements-live.com/mcp

Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.

Tools 9 found in our last check

  • 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 y…

  • 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.

  • 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"]).

  • 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"]…

  • 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 give…

  • 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, ye…

  • 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 unre…

  • 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 expire…

Headers

NameDescription
Authorization
Optional, secret
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'…

Details

Endpointhttps://www.elements-live.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP)
First published1 Oct 2026
Last updated1 Oct 2026
Registry namecom.elements-live/elements-live

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