ParticlePhysics MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server that lets Claude Desktop, IDEs, and other MCP clients look up particle properties and decay modes.

Local serverstdioPython

What is the ParticlePhysics MCP server?

ParticlePhysics MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on ParticlePhysics directly instead of describing what you should do. A Model Context Protocol server that lets Claude Desktop, IDEs, and other MCP clients look up particle properties and decay modes.

What you get

  • search_particle — mass (MeV + GeV), charge, spin, color, parity / C / I / G,
  • list_decays — exclusive / inclusive branching fractions with the source method named
  • Natural-language input — muon plus, positive tau, pion zero, kaon minus
  • Anti-particle support — antimuon, anti up quark, ubar, u bar, u_bar, u~,
  • MC ID lookup — query directly with 11, -2212, etc
  • Self-conjugate aware — anti photon resolves to gamma, anti pi0 to pi0

Setting it up

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client.

What the assistant can call

Once ParticlePhysics is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • search_particle — 1. mu Name: mu+ PDG ID: -13 PDG Review ID: S004/2025 Mass: 105.6583755 MeV (0.1056583755 GeV) Spin (J): 1/2 Charge: 1 Color: singlet Quantum numbers
  • list_decays — Same identifier formats as search_particle. Tries exclusive_branching_fractions → branching_fractions → inclusive_branching_fractions and reports

Before you rely on it

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the particlephysics mcp server does with a few real requests.

Choosing this one

Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. ParticlePhysics's toolset — search_particle, list_decays — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by uzerone; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
search_particle1. mu Name: mu+ PDG ID: -13 PDG Review ID: S004/2025 Mass: 105.6583755 MeV (0.1056583755 GeV) Spin (J): 1/2 Charge: 1 Color: singlet Quantum numbers: J=1/2 Lifetime: 2.196981148893498e-06
list_decaysSame identifier formats as search_particle. Tries exclusive_branching_fractions → branching_fractions → inclusive_branching_fractions and reports which source it used. Returns an empty decay list with stable=true for sta

Example prompts to try

  • Use ParticlePhysics to search particle.
  • Use ParticlePhysics to list decays.

Frequently asked questions

It connects ParticlePhysics to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 2 tools (search_particle, list_decays) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with ParticlePhysics directly.