Project Server

The project server (servers/research/) provides structured project management with support for different project types, source tracking, APA citation generation, bibliography output, and data backend registration.

Renamed from Research Server

This server was previously called "crow-research." The server name is now crow-projects, and the factory function is createProjectServer (the old createResearchServer name still works as a backward-compatible alias). The gateway mounts at /projects/mcp (primary) and /research/mcp (legacy alias).

Project Types

Projects have a type field that determines their purpose:

Type	Description
research	Traditional research projects with sources, citations, and bibliography (default)
data_connector	Projects that connect to external data through registered backends

The type is set when creating a project and determines which tools and workflows are relevant.

Tools

crow_create_project

Create a new project.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
name	string	Yes	Project name
description	string	No	Project description and goals
tags	string	No	Comma-separated tags
type	string	No	Project type: research (default) or data_connector

crow_list_projects

List all projects with optional status filter.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
status	string	No	Filter by status

crow_update_project

Update a project's name, description, status, or tags.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
id	number	Yes	Project ID
name	string	No	New name
description	string	No	New description
status	string	No	New status (active, paused, completed, archived)
tags	string	No	New tags

crow_add_source

Add a source to a project. Automatically generates an APA citation if none is provided. Most commonly used with research type projects.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
title	string	Yes	Source title
source_type	string	Yes	Type (see list below)
project_id	number	No	Associate with a project
url	string	No	URL where the source was found
authors	string	No	Author(s) in "Last, F. M." format
publication_date	string	No	Publication date (YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY)
publisher	string	No	Publisher or website name
doi	string	No	DOI (for academic papers)
isbn	string	No	ISBN (for books)
abstract	string	No	Abstract or brief description
content_summary	string	No	Summary of key points and findings
full_text	string	No	Full text content if available
citation_apa	string	No	Manual APA citation (auto-generated if omitted)
retrieval_method	string	No	How the source was obtained
tags	string	No	Comma-separated tags
relevance_score	number	No	How relevant to the project, 1-10 (default: 5)

Source types: web_article, academic_paper, book, interview, web_search, web_scrape, api_data, document, video, podcast, social_media, government_doc, dataset, other

crow_search_sources

Search sources using full-text search.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
query	string	Yes	Search query
source_type	string	No	Filter by type
project_id	number	No	Filter by project
limit	number	No	Max results

crow_get_source

Get full details of a specific source.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
source_id	number	Yes	Source ID

crow_verify_source

Mark a source's verification status.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
source_id	number	Yes	Source ID
verified	boolean	Yes	Verification status
verification_notes	string	No	Notes about verification

crow_list_sources

List sources with optional filtering.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
project_id	number	No	Filter by project
source_type	string	No	Filter by type
verified	boolean	No	Filter by verification status
limit	number	No	Max results

crow_add_note

Add a note, optionally linked to a project or source.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
content	string	Yes	Note content
note_type	string	No	Type: note, quote, summary, analysis, question, insight (default: note)
project_id	number	No	Associated project
source_id	number	No	Associated source
title	string	No	Note title
tags	string	No	Comma-separated tags

crow_search_notes

Search notes by content.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
query	string	Yes	Search terms
project_id	number	No	Filter by project
note_type	string	No	Filter by type (note, quote, summary, analysis, question, insight)
limit	number	No	Max results (default: 10)

crow_generate_bibliography

Generate a formatted APA bibliography for a project or filtered set of sources.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
project_id	number	No	Generate bibliography for this project
tag	string	No	Filter by tag
verified_only	boolean	No	Only include verified sources (default: false)

crow_project_stats

Get statistics about projects and the research pipeline. No parameters.

Data Backend Tools

These tools manage external data connections for data_connector type projects.

crow_register_backend

Register an external MCP server as a data backend.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
name	string	Yes	Backend name
server_url	string	Yes	MCP server URL
description	string	No	What data this backend provides

crow_list_backends

List all registered data backends. No parameters.

crow_remove_backend

Remove a registered data backend.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
backend_id	number	Yes	Backend ID

crow_backend_schema

Get the schema (available tools) from a registered backend.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
backend_id	number	Yes	Backend ID

Resources

research://projects

Returns the list of all projects.

APA Citation Generation

The server automatically generates APA citations when adding sources. The citation format varies by source type:

• Academic papers: Author (Year). Title. Publisher. DOI/URL
• Books: Author (Year). *Title*. Publisher.
• Web articles: Author (Year). Title. Site Name. URL
• Other types: Standard APA format with available fields