Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPENALEX_MAILTO | Yes | Your email address, required by OpenAlex for API courtesy (polite pool access). | |
| ALEX_MCP_VERSION | No | Version of the alex-mcp server. | 4.1.0 |
| OPENALEX_USER_AGENT | No | User agent string to use for API requests. | research-agent-v1.0 |
| OPENALEX_MAX_AUTHORS | No | Maximum authors per query. | 100 |
| OPENALEX_RATE_PER_DAY | No | Rate limiting: maximum requests per day. | 100000 |
| OPENALEX_RATE_PER_SEC | No | Rate limiting: maximum requests per second. | 10 |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No tools | |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |