Niaid Data Mcp Server — independently scanned and version-tracked by SaferSkills.
SaferSkills independently audited Niaid Data Mcp Server (Agent Skill) and scored it 100/100 (green). The audit ran 55 deterministic rules across Security, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Transparency, and Community; it found 0 high-severity and 0 lower-severity findings. The full rule-by-rule trace and per-finding evidence are below. Free, methodology-open.
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Every scanned point with the score it earned and what moved between them.
First recorded scan — no prior version to compare against.
The primary manifest — the file an agent reads to learn what this artifact does.
An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for the NIAID Data Ecosystem API, enabling LLMs to search biomedical research resources — datasets, clinical studies, publications, repositories, and more — funded or supported by NIAID.
niaid_data_querySearch the NIAID Data Ecosystem using Elasticsearch query string syntax.
Parameters:
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
q | string | * | Elasticsearch query string. Supports field-specific queries, boolean operators, and wildcards. |
size | int | 10 | Number of results to return (1–1000). |
offset | int | 0 | Number of results to skip (for pagination). |
sort | string | — | Sort field; prefix with - for descending (e.g., -date). |
fields | string | — | Comma-separated fields to return (e.g., name,description,@type). |
aggs | list[string] | — | Fields to aggregate/facet by (e.g., ["@type", "conditionsOfAccess"]). |
facet_size | int | 10 | Max aggregation buckets per field (1–1000). |
explain | bool | — | Include relevance score explanation. |
response_format | string | markdown | markdown for readable output, json for structured data. |
Example queries:
q="COVID-19 AND @type:Dataset" — find COVID-19 datasetsq="*", aggs=["@type"] — summarize resource types across the whole catalogq="malaria", sort="-date", size=20 — most recent malaria resourcesRequires Python 3.11+ and uv.
uv syncuv run python main.pyClaude Desktop config (claude_desktop_config.json):
{
"mcpServers": {
"niaid-data": {
"command": "uv",
"args": ["run", "python", "main.py"],
"cwd": "/path/to/niaid-data-mcp-server"
}
}
}PORT=8000 uv run python main.pyA /health endpoint is available at http://localhost:8000/health.
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