A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server providing AI assistants with structured access to the Nobel Prize API v2.1. Covers all laureates, prizes, and categories from 1901 to present.

📦 Installation

Use with npx (no install)

npx nobel-prize-mcp-server

Global install

npm install -g nobel-prize-mcp-server
nobel-prize-mcp-server

As a project dependency

npm install nobel-prize-mcp-server

⚙️ Configuration

Configure via environment variables (all optional):

| Variable | Default | Description | |----------|---------|-------------| | NOBEL_MCP_BASE_URL | https://api.nobelprize.org/2.1 | API base URL | | NOBEL_MCP_CACHE_TTL_MS | 86400000 (24h) | Cache TTL in ms | | NOBEL_MCP_CACHE_MAX_SIZE | 200 | Max cache entries | | NOBEL_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS | 10000 | HTTP request timeout | | NOBEL_MCP_LANGUAGE | en | Language (en, se, no) | | NOBEL_MCP_PER_PAGE | 25 | Results per page |

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nobel-prize": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "nobel-prize-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "NOBEL_MCP_CACHE_TTL_MS": "86400000"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code MCP Config (.vscode/mcp.json)

{
  "servers": {
    "nobel-prize": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "nobel-prize-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

🛠️ Tools

Laureate Tools

nobel_get_laureate

Get detailed laureate information by name or ID.

Input: { "nameOrId": "Einstein" }  or  { "nameOrId": 26 }

Output:
🏆 Albert Einstein (1879–1955)
   Born: 1879-03-14, Ulm, Germany
   Died: 1955-04-18, Princeton, NJ, USA

   Nobel Prize in The Nobel Prize in Physics, 1921
   Motivation: "for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect"
   Share: sole recipient
   Affiliation: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut, Berlin, Germany

nobel_search_laureates

Search by name, gender, country, category, or year range.

Input: { "gender": "female", "category": "phy", "limit": 5 }

Prize Tools

nobel_get_prizes

Search prizes by category, year, or year range.

Input: { "category": "phy", "year": 2023 }

nobel_get_prize_by_year

Get all prizes for a specific year.

Input: { "year": 2023 }

Analysis Tools

nobel_list_categories

List all 6 Nobel Prize categories with statistics.

nobel_get_category_stats

Detailed statistics for a category including decade-by-decade breakdown.

Input: { "category": "phy" }

nobel_get_country_stats

Nobel Prize rankings by country with per-category breakdown.

Input: { "country": "United States" }  or  { "limit": 10 }

nobel_get_trends

Historical trends analysis: age at award, gender distribution, shared vs sole prizes, country shifts.

Input: { "metric": "gender" }
Input: { "metric": "age", "category": "phy" }
Input: { "metric": "shared" }
Input: { "metric": "country", "decade": 2020 }

📄 License

MIT © bhayanak