Orcid runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 88 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 4 Jul 2026.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add orcid -e 'ORCID_CLIENT_ID=<ORCID_CLIENT_ID>' -e 'ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET=<ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET>' -- uvx orcid-mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"orcid": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"orcid-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"ORCID_CLIENT_ID": "<ORCID_CLIENT_ID>",
"ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET": "<ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.orcid]
command = "uvx"
args = ["orcid-mcp-server"]
env = { ORCID_CLIENT_ID = "<ORCID_CLIENT_ID>", ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET = "<ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"orcid": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"orcid-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"ORCID_CLIENT_ID": "<ORCID_CLIENT_ID>",
"ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET": "<ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"orcid": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"orcid-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"ORCID_CLIENT_ID": "<ORCID_CLIENT_ID>",
"ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET": "<ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<ORCID_CLIENT_ID> (ORCID API client ID from https://orcid.org/developer-tools), <ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET> (ORCID API client secret).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
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