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Crossref MCP Server
MCPOpen SourceMIT21.1
by botanicastudios • Search & Retrieval
An MCP server that provides programmatic search and DOI-based retrieval of Crossref bibliographic metadata.
Example Use Cases
- 1
Look up bibliographic metadata by DOI to populate citations, abstracts, and publication details.
- 2
Discover academic works by searching titles or authors to assemble reading lists or literature summaries.
- 3
A lightweight, testable wrapper around the Crossref API to integrate metadata queries into workflows without handling raw HTTP and response normalization.
Description
This server exposes tools to search Crossref by title or author and to fetch work details by DOI, returning normalized JSON suitable for agents. It is intended to make Crossref metadata easy to query and integrate into agent workflows without direct HTTP handling. The project includes a test suite (Vitest) with mocked API responses for reliable development and CI testing.
Capabilities(3 total)
Tools (3)
searchByTitle
Search for scientific papers by title in Crossref
title:string*rows:number
searchByAuthor
Search for scientific papers by author in Crossref
author:string*rows:number
getWorkByDOI
Retrieve a specific scientific paper by its DOI
doi:string*
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Scanned 2 month(s) agoRisk Level
MINIMAL
Read-only data retrieval, no side effects
Trust Score
C57/100
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Service TypeMCP
Pricing ModelFree
Capabilities3 Tools / 0 Prompts / 0 Resources
Ownerbotanicastudios
CategorySearch & Retrieval
DependenciesStandalone
Tags
Academic searchCitation dataMetadata APIWrapper