How to Use the NIH RePORTER (Research Funding) MCP in Windsurf

Q: How do I configure NIH RePORTER (Research Funding) in Windsurf?

Edit your mcpconfig.json via Settings or the Cascade UI. Add the server details, click refresh, and Cascade will automatically discover the search tools.

Windsurf chains NIH RePORTER (Research Funding) queries to map academic grants directly into your environment.

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The `search_projects` tool pulls live funding amounts, principal investigator details, and institutional data straight from the NIH database. You give Cascade a research topic, and it autonomously queries the endpoint to build a list of active grants matching your criteria. It doesn't stop at a simple list. Cascade reads the returned project IDs and decides the next logical step without asking. It formats the raw JSON into markdown tables or injects the organization data right into your workspace.

Map Publications to Dollars

The `search_publications` tool fetches academic papers tied directly to specific NIH project IDs. Cascade chains this immediately after finding a grant, pulling the exact PMIDs and publication metadata funded by that specific award. This means you see the output of the funding, not just the check size. Windsurf connects the financial input from the first query to the scientific output in the second, giving you a complete picture of a lab's productivity.

Autonomous Data Synthesis

Windsurf uses these two tools together to build complex funding reports. You tell the agent to analyze recent cancer research grants, and it handles the pagination, filters the results, and writes the summary file. There is no manual API wrangling required. Cascade manages the request headers and query parameters, letting you focus on the actual research trends instead of writing boilerplate fetch code.

Setup guide

Set up NIH RePORTER (Research Funding) MCP in Windsurf

Prerequisites

Windsurf IDE installed (macOS, Windows, or Linux)
Active Vinkius subscription with a valid endpoint token

1

Open MCP configuration

Click the Cascade assistant icon in the sidebar, then click the hammer icon (🔨) at the top of the panel. Select "Configure" to open ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json.
2

Add the NIH RePORTER (Research Funding) MCP

Paste the JSON snippet shown on the right into the mcpServers object. Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your endpoint token from cloud.vinkius.com.
3

Refresh MCPs

Go back to the hammer icon (🔨) in Cascade and click "Refresh". Windsurf will detect the new server. No full restart is needed — the connection is hot-reloaded.
4

Verify in Cascade

Start a new Cascade conversation and ask something like "Show my NIH RePORTER (Research Funding) payment history." If connected, Cascade will call the NIH RePORTER (Research Funding) tools directly. You will see a green dot next to the server name in the MCP panel.

mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nih-reporter-research-funding-mcp": {
      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Common questions about NIH RePORTER (Research Funding) MCP in Windsurf

Edit your mcp_config.json via Settings or the Cascade UI. Add the server details, click refresh, and Cascade will automatically discover the search tools.

Yes. Ask Cascade to run the search and write the results to a local file. It will handle the API calls and format the output exactly how you want it.

You can filter by keyword, principal investigator, and organization. The agent reads your natural language request and translates it into the correct API payload.

No additional API key is required. Vinkius handles the underlying authentication, so you just need your standard endpoint token to start querying.

Your requests only touch public federal grant and publication records from the NIH database. Vinkius routes these queries through an ephemeral V8 Isolate Sandbox, ensuring your local workspace context never leaks into the public query stream.

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