Science MCPs

A collection of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers that enable Claude and other AI assistants to interact with scientific computing resources and data management services.

Overview

This repository contains MCP servers that allow AI assistants to interact with scientific computing infrastructure:

1. Globus MCP Servers - Enable interaction with Globus services for data transfer and compute functions
2. Compute Facility MCP Servers - Enable interaction with ALCF and NERSC supercomputing facilities
3. Diaspora MCP Server - Enables interaction with the Diaspora Event Fabric (Octopus) for topic management and event streaming.

These servers implement the Model Context Protocol (MCP), which allows AI assistants like Claude to interact with external tools and services.

Components

Globus MCP Servers

The Globus MCP servers enable AI assistants to:

• Globus Transfer - Transfer files between Globus endpoints, browse directories, and manage transfer tasks
• Globus Compute - Register and execute Python functions on remote Globus Compute endpoints (formerly FuncX)
• Globus Search - Create search indices, ingest documents, and perform powerful searches across Globus Search indexes

Learn more about Globus MCP Servers

Compute Facility MCP Servers

The Compute Facility MCP servers enable AI assistants to:

• ALCF - Check status of ALCF machines (e.g., Polaris) and monitor running jobs
• NERSC - Check status of NERSC systems and services

Learn more about Compute Facility MCP Servers

Diaspora MCP Server

The Diaspora MCP server enable AI assistants to:

• Manage topics - Create, list, and delete topics within the user’s namespace
• Stream events - Publish events to a topic and retrieve the most recent event

Learn more about the Diaspora MCP Server

Garden MCP Server

The Garden MCP server enable AI assistants to:

• Discover AI Model Gardens - Search Garden's registry of domain-specific AI-for-science models.
• Run Models - Run inference on Garden models.

Learn more about the Garden MCP Server

Installation and Setup

To use these MCP servers with Claude Desktop, you'll need to deploy them locally:

1. Open Claude Desktop and go to Settings → Developers.
2. Click Edit Config to configure your MCP servers.
3. Follow the local deployment guide for detailed setup instructions.
4. Restart Claude Desktop.

Usage Examples

Globus Transfer

You can ask Claude to:

Transfer files from my Globus endpoint to another endpoint

Globus Compute

You can ask Claude to:

Run a Python function on a Globus Compute endpoint

Globus Search

You can ask Claude to:

Create a search index and publish research data for discovery

ALCF Status

You can ask Claude to:

Check if Polaris is online

NERSC Status

You can ask Claude to:

Check the status of NERSC systems

Diaspora Event Fabric

You can ask Claude to:

Register a Diaspora topic, produce three messages, and consume the latest message

Available Tools

Globus Transfer Server Tools

• submit_transfer - Submit a file transfer between collections
• get_task_events - Get a list of task events to monitor the status and progress of a task
• list_directory - Browse files on a collection
• And more...

Globus Compute Server Tools

• register_python_function - Register a Python function with Globus Compute
• submit_task - Submit a function execution task to an endpoint
• get_task_status - Retrieve the status and result of a task
• And more...

Globus Search Server Tools

• create_index - Create a new Globus Search index
• ingest_document - Ingest a single document into a search index
• search_index - Search for documents using a simple query string
• advanced_search - Perform advanced search with filters, facets, and sorting
• And more...

ALCF Server Tools

• check_alcf_status - Get the status of the Polaris machine
• get_running_jobs - Return the list of running jobs
• system_health_summary - Summarize the jobs submitted to Polaris

NERSC Server Tools

• get_nersc_status - Get the status of various NERSC services
• check_system_availability - Check the system's current availability
• get_maintenance_info - Check the maintenance schedule of the resources

Diaspora Event Fabric Tools

• register_topic – create a new Kafka topic
• produce_event – publish a UTF‑8 message to a topic
• consume_latest_event – fetch the most recent event from a topic
• And more...

For a complete list of tools, see the README files for each component.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.