Elements Live

com.elements-livePublished by elements-live.comOfficial publisherv2.1.0Updated Oct 24, 2026

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

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Overview

AI-generated overview

Remote MCP server giving assistants research-intensity scores and top papers for 118 chemical elements and research topics, drawn from about 10M papers.

What you can do
  • Ask a plain-language chemistry, materials or physics question and get a literature answer, optionally anchored to a known paper
  • Look up current Research Intensity (RIS) for any of the 118 elements, with a citation link
  • Resolve a compound, material or topic name to an ID, then read its RI, RIS, history and paper count
  • Retrieve top papers for a topic or element, ranked by impact or as foundational work, with title, DOI, venue, year and citations
  • Build boolean filters over elements and exact topic names, then run them to fetch the top 20 or 100 matching papers with ranking rationale
When to use it
Useful when you need quick literature orientation on a chemistry, materials or physics question, or want to gauge how active a research area is and which papers to read first, without searching databases by hand.
Requirements
A remote streamable HTTP endpoint; no local install. An optional API key is sent in the Authorization header as a bearer token, created from an Elements Live account. Some tools require a Personal+ account; without a key, calls can be paid per call in USDC on Base or Solana via x402.
Before you install
The Authorization header carries an API key, so treat it as a secret. Without a key, most tools cost money per call in USDC (0.01 to 0.10), which means real spending and a crypto wallet. Element scores are free; topic-level tools need a paid account or per-call payment. Queries and questions are sent to a third-party service.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Elements Live in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/com.elements-live%2Felements-live/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elements-live": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.elements-live.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools

9

research

Research reading lists

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 you already know (paper: DOI or title). Returns reading lists in four lenses: relevant (the papers whose TITLE AND ABSTRACT best match the question, across the whole corpus, BM25 -- start here for a specific question), foundational (the classics the question's own papers cite most), now (highest impact, young papers' citations projected) and newest (last two years); plus the research communities and element sub-communities the question is about, with why each matched and whether it is rising. Put the question's key terms in q: filler words are ignored. unmatched_terms lists words that matched nothing; rephrase those. Each paper carries its DOI, a one-line reason and its abstract where one is on file. Our corpus is curated, not complete: the relevant lens also brings up to 3 of every 10 results from OpenAlex, marked source='openalex' and labelled not yet curated. One page = up to 10 papers per lens; ask for page 2+ only if needed. Requires a Personal+ account. Without a key, pay per call: $0.05 in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).

Parametersqpagepaperlensespage_size

get_element_ri

Element research intensity

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.

Parameterssymbolrequired

search_subjects

Search research 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"]).

Parametersqueryrequired

get_subject_ri

Subject research intensity

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"]).

Parameterssubject_idrequiredsubject_typerequired

get_subject_history

Subject research 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"]).

Parametersresolutionsubject_idrequiredsubject_typerequired

get_subject_papers

Top papers for a subject

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 gives the most-cited classics; sort=newest the latest. Each paper carries its abstract where one is on file (about 6 in 10). Requires a Personal+ account. Capped at 100 papers with no pagination. Without a key, pay per call: $0.02 for up to 20 papers, $0.10 for up to 100, in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).

Parameterssortlimitsubject_idrequiredsubject_typerequired

get_element_papers

Top papers for an element

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, year, citations. sort=impact (default) favours recent, well-cited work; sort=foundational gives the most-cited classics; sort=newest the latest. Each paper carries its abstract where one is on file (about 6 in 10). Requires a Personal+ account. Capped at 100 papers with no pagination. Without a key, pay per call: $0.02 for up to 20 papers, $0.10 for up to 100, in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).

Parameterssortlimitsymbolrequiredkeyword

lab_quote

Lab: scope a filtered query

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 unrelated fields: read `warnings` first -- it lists every dropped term with the nearest topics, every abbreviation read as a topic, and every wildcard expansion. Returns how many papers match, by year and by research community, the nearest broader query when nothing matches, and a quote_id that lab_run turns into the ranked papers. Narrow filters (two elements + one topic) work best. Requires a Professional+ account. Without a key, pay per call: $0.01 in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).

Parametersquerymarkdown

lab_run

Lab: papers for a quote

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 expired quote is refused. Requires a Professional+ account. Without a key, pay per call: the quoted price of the depth, less the $0.01 quote credit in USDC on Base or Solana via x402 (send the payment in _meta["x402/payment"]).

Parametersdepthquote_idrequired

Version history

3
  1. v2.1.0LatestOct 1, 2026
  2. v2.0.1Sep 29, 2026
  3. v2.0.0Sep 29, 2026

Score

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