pipeworx-io/mcp-openalex
MCP server for scholarly works, authors, and institutions via OpenAlex API
Platform-specific configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-openalex": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-openalex"
]
}
}
}Add the config above to .claude/settings.json under the mcpServers key.
MCP server for scholarly works, authors, and institutions via the OpenAlex API. Free, no authentication required.
| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | search_works | Search scholarly works (papers, books, datasets) by keyword | | search_authors | Search researchers and authors by name | | search_institutions | Search academic institutions by name | | get_concept | Look up an academic concept or field of study |
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "openalex__search_works",
"arguments": { "query": "transformer neural networks", "limit": 5 }
},
"id": 1
}'MIT
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