# Ieee Standards [Health: Active]

**Category:** 🔬 Research  
**Repository:** https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-ieee-standards  
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## Description
IEEE Xplore MCP — BYOK wrapper over the IEEE Xplore Metadata Search API

## Tools
Capabilities this server exposes over MCP:

- **ieee_standard_search** — Search IEEE STANDARDS by number or topic and get each standard's title, abstract/scope, publication year, DOI and IEEE Xplore link. Covers the IEEE standards catalogue: IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi / wireless LAN, IEEE 802.3 Ethernet, IEEE 1588 PTP precision time protocol, IEEE 1547 distributed energy resourc…
- **ieee_search** — Search the FULL IEEE Xplore corpus — IEEE and IET journal articles, conference proceedings, magazines, books, courses and standards — returning title, authors, abstract, publication venue, year, DOI and the IEEE Xplore link. The broad engineering / computer-science research tool: IEEE paper search,…
- **ieee_article** — Fetch one IEEE Xplore record by its article_number or DOI: full metadata including title, every author with affiliation, the complete abstract, publication venue, year, volume/issue, page range, publisher, IEEE and author index terms, plus standard_number and standard_status when the record is a st…

## Claude Desktop Quick Installation
Install path detected from listing signals. Uses `npx` (confidence: high):

```json
"mcpServers": {
  "ieee-standards": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y","@pipeworx/mcp-ieee-standards"]
  }
}
```

## Documentation

## What Ieee Standards does

Ieee Standards connects MCP clients to the IEEE Xplore Metadata Search API through the Pipeworx gateway. Its main purpose is metadata discovery across IEEE standards and the broader IEEE Xplore collection, including journals, conference proceedings, magazines, books, courses, and standards.

The server is an independent, unofficial integration and is not affiliated with IEEE. It returns structured records rather than the complete text of IEEE publications. For standards, responses can include the title, scope or abstract, publication year, DOI, and IEEE Xplore URL. Research results can include authors, venue, year, DOI, abstract, and a link to the source record.

## How it works

MCP clients can connect to the hosted streamable HTTP endpoint at `https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ieee-standards/mcp`. The gateway exposes this pack’s tools together with shared Pipeworx tools. A full Pipeworx gateway connection is also available when an agent needs direct access to the wider catalog.

A local npm bridge is available through `@pipeworx/mcp-ieee-standards`. The bridge runs with `npx`, forwards requests to the same hosted endpoint, and requires network access. It does not provide offline operation. Tool calls that access IEEE data require an IEEE Xplore API key supplied as the `_apiKey` argument.

## Setup and configuration

For a hosted MCP connection, add the endpoint to the client’s MCP configuration:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ieee-standards": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ieee-standards/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The local bridge can be configured as follows:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ieee-standards": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-ieee-standards"]
    }
  }
}
```

Pass an IEEE Xplore API key as `_apiKey` on each tool call. The key is obtained by registering an application with IEEE at `developer.ieee.org`. For the local bridge, `PIPEWORX_API_KEY` authenticates requests to Pipeworx; without it, usage is limited to 50 calls per day, while a free Pipeworx account raises the limit to 200 calls per day. Set `PIPEWORX_META_TOOLS=1` if the local bridge should also list Pipeworx’s shared gateway tools.

## Tools and capabilities

- `ieee_standard_search` searches the IEEE standards catalog by identifier or subject. It can locate standards such as IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 1588, IEEE 1547, IEEE 1149.1, IEEE 754, and IEEE 802.1AS, returning metadata and scope or abstract information.
- `ieee_search` searches the complete IEEE Xplore corpus. Use `content_type` to narrow results to categories such as journals, conferences, standards, magazines, books, courses, or early-access records. A year filter is also supported.
- `ieee_article` retrieves one record using an article number or DOI. Its response can include all listed authors and affiliations, the full abstract, publication details, page information, publisher, index terms, and standard-specific fields when applicable.

## Limitations and notes

The tools provide metadata and abstracts, not the normative text of standards or the full text of research publications. Access the returned IEEE Xplore HTML or PDF URL to purchase content or read it through an institutional subscription. Every IEEE data call needs the caller’s own IEEE Xplore API key.

The hosted pack endpoint also lists shared Pipeworx meta-tools, so the tool count may exceed the three IEEE-specific tools described here. The local bridge lists the pack tools by default and can add those shared tools through its environment setting. Requests must be able to reach the Pipeworx gateway over the network.

_Full upstream README: https://allmcps.com/mcp/ieee-standards/readme_