Openalex MCP Server

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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 13 min ago.

claude mcp add openalex-mcp-server --transport http https://openalex.caseyjhand.com/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openalex-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://openalex.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.openalex-mcp-server]
url = "https://openalex.caseyjhand.com/mcp"

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openalex-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://openalex.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openalex-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://openalex.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: OPENALEX_API_KEY (OpenAlex account API key, sent as api_key= - optional (free from https://openalex.org/settings/api). Without it, anonymous rate limits apply.), OPENALEX_MAILTO (Optional email sent as mailto= to identify yourself to OpenAlex (the polite pool). Separate from the API key.), 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').). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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