@vertical-mcp/ntis-mcp

MCP server for Korea's NTIS (National Science & Technology Information Service, 국가과학기술지식정보서비스) — the KISTI-operated portal that aggregates every national R&D project, funding call, and program in South Korea.

한국과학기술정보연구원(KISTI)이 운영하는 NTIS 공개 검색 포털(ntis.go.kr)을 MCP 서버로 래핑한 패키지. 국가 R&D 과제 · 공고 · 사업 검색을 Claude · Cursor 등 MCP 호환 클라이언트에서 바로 사용할 수 있다. API 키 불필요.

Tools

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | search_rnd_projects | Search national R&D projects (과제). Returns ID, title, year, funding period, total/gov budget, program, PI, institution, ministry, and short research-content abstract. | | search_rnd_announcements | Search open / recent funding calls (공고). Returns ID, title, ministry, application window, derived status (OPEN/CLOSED). | | search_rnd_programs | Search R&D programs (사업) — the umbrella programs under which projects are funded. Returns ID, title, year, managing agency, ministry, budget. |

All three tools scrape the public ntis.go.kr search pages — no registration or API key required.

Quick start

Install

npx @vertical-mcp/ntis-mcp

Or install globally:

npm install -g @vertical-mcp/ntis-mcp
ntis-mcp

Configure your MCP client

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ntis-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@vertical-mcp/ntis-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ntis-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@vertical-mcp/ntis-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Examples

Find AI-related national R&D projects

search_rnd_projects({
  query: "AI",
  page: 1,
  page_size: 10
})

Search open funding calls for semiconductor R&D

search_rnd_announcements({
  query: "반도체",
  page: 1,
  page_size: 10
})

Look up R&D programs on quantum technology

search_rnd_programs({
  query: "양자",
  page: 1,
  page_size: 10
})

Companion packages

ntis-mcp is part of the @vertical-mcp/* family of Korean & international research-infrastructure MCP servers:

• @vertical-mcp/grant-mcp — NSF (US) + ERC (EU) + NRF (Korea) research grants
• @vertical-mcp/dart-mcp — Korean corporate disclosures (금감원 DART)
• @vertical-mcp/kolas-mcp — KOLAS accredited calibration / testing labs
• @vertical-mcp/ntis-mcp — Korean national R&D (this package)

Development

git clone https://github.com/vertical-mcp/ntis-mcp.git
cd ntis-mcp
npm install
npm run build
npm start

Scripts

• npm run dev — watch mode via tsx
• npm run build — compile to dist/
• npm run typecheck — no-emit type check
• npm run clean — remove dist/

Data source caveats

ntis-mcp parses HTML from https://www.ntis.go.kr. If NTIS redesigns the search portal, selectors may break — open an issue and tag it scrape-drift.

A future v0.2+ release will layer the official NTIS OpenAPI (https://www.ntis.go.kr/rndopen/api/mng/apiMain.do) under the same tool interface. Eight public-access endpoints are available on the KISTI OpenAPI portal; each requires individual 활용신청 approval, so the current zero-key HTML path is the quickest on-ramp for new users.

Roadmap

• v0.1 — search_rnd_projects, search_rnd_announcements, search_rnd_programs (HTML scraping, this release)
• v0.2 — KISTI OpenAPI integration when user-supplied NTIS_OPENAPI_KEY is configured; fallback to scraping otherwise
• v0.3 — search_rnd_performance (papers / patents / reports / facilities), get_researcher_profile
• v0.4 — cross-linking with grant-mcp, dart-mcp, kolas-mcp

Legal / attribution

• Data source: NTIS 국가과학기술지식정보서비스 — Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI).
• This package is an unofficial community wrapper. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by KISTI or the Ministry of Science and ICT.
• Please respect the source portal's rate limits — scraping is courteous and sparse by default.

License

MIT © 2026 Yongbum Kim