io.github.cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server

io.github.cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server·v0.7.1·Search

Access the OpenAlex academic research catalog — 270M+ publications.

Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method

NOT YET SCREENEDno verdict on file

Verdict not yet evaluated for this tool. The semantic screen takes adversarial cases first; coverage rolls out as the corpus expands (15/150 labels to graduation). The deterministic conformance probe is built but has not yet run on the public corpus, so a recorded verdict here is REVIEW or UNVERIFIED, never a clearing ALLOW. Until a verdict is recorded, an agent should treat this tool as not-yet-cleared and fall back to its own checks. Method: the eval, four-state verdict, honest limits.

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Environment variables

OPENALEX_API_KEY

OpenAlex API key or mailto email — optional. Without: anonymous rate limits. With: polite pool access.

OPENALEX_BASE_URL

OpenAlex API base URL.

MCP_LOG_LEVEL

Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').

OPENALEX_API_KEY

OpenAlex API key or mailto email — optional. Without: anonymous rate limits. With: polite pool access.

OPENALEX_BASE_URL

OpenAlex API base URL.

MCP_HTTP_HOST

The hostname for the HTTP server.

MCP_HTTP_PORT

The port to run the HTTP server on.

MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH

The endpoint path for the MCP server.

MCP_AUTH_MODE

Authentication mode to use: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'.

MCP_LOG_LEVEL

Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').

MCP quality score · maturity, not trust · methodology

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Install

Remote endpoint

Streamable HTTP / SSE endpoint. Add to any MCP client that supports remote servers.

https://openalex.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openalex-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENALEX_API_KEY": "<openalex_api_key>",
        "OPENALEX_BASE_URL": "https://api.openalex.org",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "info",
        "MCP_HTTP_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
        "MCP_HTTP_PORT": "3010",
        "MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH": "/mcp",
        "MCP_AUTH_MODE": "none"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openalex-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENALEX_API_KEY": "<openalex_api_key>",
        "OPENALEX_BASE_URL": "https://api.openalex.org",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "info",
        "MCP_HTTP_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
        "MCP_HTTP_PORT": "3010",
        "MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH": "/mcp",
        "MCP_AUTH_MODE": "none"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y @cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server

Verdict API

curl -s mcpindex.ai/api/v1/trust/server/io-github-cyanheads-openalex-mcp-server

Free-tier verdict as JSON: decision + dimensions + severity. Call it from your agent before it invokes a tool it just discovered.

Details

version: v0.7.1
category: Search
quality: 80 / 100
operator: cyanheads

Provenance

Verdict history is anchored to Bitcoin via OpenTimestamps. The free tier returns the current verdict only; the anchored record is served on the authenticated tier.

Links

Repository →Remote endpoint →