whoelse
Don't build it alone: what exists, who won, what nobody has, a merge plan, and who else works on it.
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Tools
13 toolsPublic tool metadata for what this MCP can expose to an agent.
load_profileYour profile from OpenAlex, arXiv, GitHub, Hugging Face, ORCID
Your profile from OpenAlex, arXiv, GitHub, Hugging Face, ORCID
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
find_overlapsPeople whose recent work overlaps yours, ranked, with reasons and public contacts
People whose recent work overlaps yours, ranked, with reasons and public contacts
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
joint_work_briefOne person: the evidence, what each side has, formats ranked by fit and effort, venues in common
One person: the evidence, what each side has, formats ranked by fit and effort, venues in common
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
draft_outreachFacts and structure for the first message; your agent writes it, you send it
Facts and structure for the first message; your agent writes it, you send it
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
add_peer
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
remove_peer
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
whats_new_from_peersYour people and what they shipped this month
Your people and what they shipped this month
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
find_duplicatesBefore building: what exists, who won, what nobody has
Before building: what exists, who won, what nobody has
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
propose_mergeA merge plan for a cluster of duplicates and one issue per author (sent only on your yes)
A merge plan for a cluster of duplicates and one issue per author (sent only on your yes)
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
publish_requestJoin the network: what you want to build, with whom, by when
Join the network: what you want to build, with whom, by when
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
start_joint_workA repository with a third of the work done and both names on it
A repository with a third of the work done and both names on it
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
make_cardYour /.well-known/whoelse.json
Your /.well-known/whoelse.json
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
list_knownProfiles and peers on this machine
Profiles and peers on this machine
No parameter schema in public metadata yet.
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GITHUB_TOKENsecretOptional. Raises GitHub search limits; public_repo scope needed for publish_request, start_joint_work and the watcher.
WHOELSE_OPENALEX_KEYsecretOptional. Free OpenAlex API key; without it you share a small per-IP daily budget.
WHOELSE_MAILTOOptional. Your email for OpenAlex's polite pool; sent nowhere else.
Readme
whoelse
Don't build it alone.
Ask an agent to build something and it will, for the 21st time. Somewhere, twenty people already built it, each got ten stars, and three more are working on the same thing right now. None of them know each other.
whoelse puts one call in front of the first line of code: what already exists, who won, what nobody has, and then the step no other tool takes: a plan to merge the small ones into one project with every author on it, or the person whose current work overlaps yours, with what the two of you could build and the first message drafted. Nothing is sent without you.
Runs inside Claude, Cursor, Codex or any MCP client. No sign-up, no profile to fill in, no server. Free.
pip install git+https://github.com/beskvladimir-create/whoelse
whoelse: what the agent says before writing a line
The problem
Details
- Repository
- github.com/beskvladimir-create/whoelse
- Package
whoelse- Transport
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- Registry
- MCP registry, active