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MCP live v0.6.8 streamable-http

io.github.cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server

io.github.cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server

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

Uptime
24.1%
29 probes
Response
337ms
last probe
Tools
4
callable
Primary URL
https://openalex.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Tools · 4

openalex_resolve_name

Resolve a name or partial name to an OpenAlex ID. Returns up to 10 matches with disambiguation hints. ALWAYS use this before filtering by entity — names are ambiguous, IDs are not. Also accepts DOIs d…

openalex_search_entities

Search, filter, sort, or retrieve by ID. Covers all OpenAlex entity types (works, authors, sources, institutions, topics, keywords, publishers, funders). Pass `id` to retrieve a single entity. Otherwi…

openalex_analyze_trends

Aggregate OpenAlex entities into groups and count them. Use for trend analysis (group works by publication_year), distribution analysis (group by oa_status, type, country), and comparative analysis (g…

openalex_get_citation_graph

Walk the citation graph one hop from a seed work. Direction picks the edge: incoming citations (`cites`), the seed's own references (`cited_by`), or OpenAlex's algorithmically-related works (`related_…

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How to use

Add to your Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io.github.cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://openalex.caseyjhand.com/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}