root-mcp 0.1.1

Production-grade MCP server for CERN ROOT file analysis

MCP Server for CERN ROOT Files

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides AI models with safe, high-level access to CERN ROOT files and their contents (TFile, TDirectory, TTree, TBranch, histograms). Enables declarative, tool-based interaction with ROOT data without requiring users to write low-level C++ or PyROOT code.

Quick Start

Install

pip install root-mcp

Optional XRootD support:

pip install "root-mcp[xrootd]"

Generate sample ROOT files

python examples/create_sample_data.py

Configure

Create a config (example):

resources:
  - name: "local_data"
    uri: "file:///absolute/path/to/data/root_files"
    description: "Sample ROOT files"
    allowed_patterns: ["*.root"]

security:
  allowed_roots:
    - "/absolute/path/to/data/root_files"
    - "/tmp/root_mcp_output"
  allowed_protocols: ["file"]

You can start from the repository example config at config.yaml.

Run

ROOT_MCP_CONFIG=/path/to/config.yaml root-mcp

Documentation

• docs/README.md: complete documentation (tools reference, configuration, Claude Desktop)
• docs/ARCHITECTURE.md: architecture and design notes
• docs/CONTRIBUTING.md: contributing guidelines

Citation

If you use ROOT-MCP in your research, please cite:

@software{root_mcp,
  title = {ROOT-MCP: Production-Grade MCP Server for CERN ROOT Files},
  author = {Mohamed Elashri},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://github.com/MohamedElashri/root-mcp}
}

References

• Model Context Protocol
• CERN ROOT
• uproot
• awkward-array

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.