ORCID API: Get researcher profile
Looks up a researcher's public ORCID profile by name or ORCID iD, with employment, education, funding and up to 100 works. An institution helps tell namesakes apart; private entries are left out.
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Inputs
Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.
- Name optional
name Researcher's name, ORCID iD, or ORCID profile link; for example, Jennifer Doudna.
Jennifer Doudna
Default
.- Orcid ID optional
orcid_id ORCID iD or profile link instead of a name, for example, 0000-0002-1825-0097.
Default
.- Institution optional
institution Institution to distinguish people with the same name, for example, University of Cambridge.
Default
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Input as JSON
{ "name": "Jennifer Doudna", "orcid_id": "", "institution": ""}Output
{ "name": "Jennifer Doudna", "works": [ { "link": "https://doi.org/10.1261/rna.081259.126" , "type": "journal article", "year": "2026", "title": "Improving RNA secondary structure prediction through expanded training data", "journal": "RNA", "doi_link": "https://doi.org/10.1261/rna.081259.126" }, { "link": "https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aei0498" , "type": "journal article", "year": "2026", "title": "A Noncontiguous Code for RNA-Guided DNA Recognition at the Origin of CRISPR-Cas", "journal": "Science", "doi_link": "https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aei0498" }, { "link": "https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aei3472" , "type": "journal article", "year": "2026", "title": "VIPR RNA-guided DNA recognition by noncontiguous geometric triplex formation", "journal": "Science", "doi_link": "https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aei3472" } ], "funding": [ { "link": "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9161-999X" , "title": "Using Cas12a2 for targeted tumor elimination", "funder": "American Cancer Society", "end_date": "2028-01-31", "start_date": "2026-02-01" } ], "keywords": [], "orcid_id": "0000-0001-9161-999X", "websites": [], "biography": null, "education": [], "employment": [], "other_names": [], "profile_link": "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9161-999X" , "other_matches": []}Code
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"orcid.org/get_researcher","input":{"name":"Jennifer Doudna","orcid_id":"","institution":""}}' # Save as fous.py, then run: python3 fous.pyimport json, os, timefrom urllib.error import HTTPErrorfrom urllib.request import Request, urlopenAPI = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" KEY = os.environ["FOUS_API_KEY"]HEADERS = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}", "Content-Type": "application/json" ,}def call(url, body=None): data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body else None request = Request(url, data, HEADERS) try: with urlopen(request, timeout=120) as r: return r.status, json.load(r) except HTTPError as error: message = json.load(error)["error"]["message"] raise RuntimeError(message) from errorstatus, run = call(API, { "method": "orcid.org/get_researcher" , "input": { "name": "Jennifer Doudna", "orcid_id": "", "institution": "" }})# 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while status == 202: time.sleep(2) status, run = call(f"{API}/{run['id']}")print(json.dumps(run["data"], indent=2))// Save as fous.mjs, then run: node fous.mjsconst api = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" ;const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FOUS_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" ,};let response = await fetch(api, { method: "POST", headers, body: JSON.stringify({ "method": "orcid.org/get_researcher" , "input": { "name": "Jennifer Doudna", "orcid_id": "", "institution": "" } }), signal: AbortSignal.timeout(120_000),});let run = await response.json();// 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while (response.status === 202) { await new Promise((done) => setTimeout(done, 2_000)); response = await fetch(`${api}/${run.id}`, { headers }); run = await response.json();}if (!response.ok) throw new Error(run.error.message);console.log(run.data);# Connect your agent to Fous once, over MCP (Streamable HTTP):# https://api.fous.com/mcp# Set FOUS_API_KEY first: create a key at https://app.fous.com/keys.# Claude Codeclaude mcp add \ --scope user \ --transport http fous https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Codexcodex mcp add fous \ --url https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --bearer-token-env-var FOUS_API_KEY# Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Cline and morenpx -y add-mcp https://api.fous.com/mcp -g -n fous \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Then ask your agent:# "Use Fous to run orcid.org/get_researcher# with {"name":"Jennifer Doudna","orcid_id":"","institution":""}"Over HTTP, the answer’s data holds the output. A run still going after 30 seconds answers 202 with its id: ask GET /v1/runs/{id} until it ends.
Schema
Input schema
{ "type": "object", "properties": { "name": { "type": "string", "default": "", "description": "Researcher's name, ORCID iD, or ORCID profile link; for example, Jennifer Doudna." }, "orcid_id": { "type": "string", "default": "", "description": "ORCID iD or profile link instead of a name, for example, 0000-0002-1825-0097." }, "institution": { "type": "string", "default": "", "description": "Institution to distinguish people with the same name, for example, University of Cambridge." } }, "additionalProperties": false}Output schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "name", "other_names", "biography", "keywords", "websites", "orcid_id", "profile_link", "employment", "education", "funding", "works", "other_matches" ], "properties": { "name": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "works": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "title", "type", "year", "journal", "doi_link", "link" ], "properties": { "link": { "type": "string", "description": "Page link for this entry." }, "type": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "year": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "title": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "journal": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "doi_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] } }, "additionalProperties": false } }, "funding": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "title", "funder", "start_date", "end_date", "link" ], "properties": { "link": { "type": "string", "description": "Page link for this entry." }, "title": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "funder": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "end_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "start_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] } }, "additionalProperties": false } }, "keywords": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "orcid_id": { "type": "string" }, "websites": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "name", "link" ], "properties": { "link": { "type": "string", "description": "Page link for this entry." }, "name": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] } }, "additionalProperties": false } }, "biography": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "education": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "organisation", "role_or_degree", "start_date", "end_date", "link" ], "properties": { "link": { "type": "string", "description": "Page link for this entry." }, "end_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "start_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "organisation": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "role_or_degree": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] } }, "additionalProperties": false } }, "employment": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "organisation", "role_or_degree", "start_date", "end_date", "link" ], "properties": { "link": { "type": "string", "description": "Page link for this entry." }, "end_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "start_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "organisation": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "role_or_degree": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] } }, "additionalProperties": false } }, "other_names": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "profile_link": { "type": "string" }, "other_matches": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "name", "institution", "profile_link" ], "properties": { "name": { "type": "string" }, "institution": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "profile_link": { "type": "string", "description": "Page link for this entry." } }, "additionalProperties": false } } }, "additionalProperties": false}- Price
- 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
- Method
orcid.org/get_researcher- Returns
- name, other names, keywords, websites, employment, education, funding, works, other matches
Use it from your agent
Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method orcid.org/get_researcher with the inputs above.
Ask your agent
- Find the ORCID profile for Jennifer Doudna at UC Berkeley, including her employment and works list
- Look up researcher 0000-0002-1825-0097 and show their education and funding history
- Which ORCID records match a Michael Chen at Stanford University? I need their keywords and websites
- Pull up the public ORCID iD for Priya Ramanathan from the University of Cambridge with her other names
- Get the researcher profile tied to orcid.org link https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5109-3700, listing up to 100 works
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