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DataCite MCP Server

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Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
MCP_USER_AGENT_URLNoURL included in the HTTP User-Agent headerhttps://github.com/alexwade/datacite-mcp
MCP_USER_AGENT_EMAILNoContact email for DataCite's polite pool
CACHE_DOI_TTL_SECONDSNoDOI cache TTL (1 hour)3600
DATACITE_RATE_LIMIT_RPSNoMax API requests per second10
CACHE_SEARCH_TTL_SECONDSNoSearch cache TTL (5 minutes)300
CACHE_STATIC_TTL_SECONDSNoStatic data cache TTL (24 hours)86400

Instructions

Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.

This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.

Capabilities

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

CapabilityDetails
tools
{
  "listChanged": true
}
prompts
{
  "listChanged": true
}
resources
{
  "listChanged": true
}

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
search_doisA

Search DataCite's index of 125M+ research DOIs. Supports full-text queries and filters by resource type, funder, year, repository, and more.

get_doiA

Retrieve complete metadata for a single DOI. Accepts any common DOI format (bare, URL, doi: prefix). Optionally includes the raw DataCite Schema XML.

format_citationB

Format a DOI as a citation string. Supports APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, Vancouver, BibTeX, and CSL JSON styles.

get_doi_metricsA

Retrieve view, download, and citation counts for a DOI. Optionally include monthly time-series arrays.

get_related_worksC

Explore the relationship graph for a DOI — citations, references, versions, and parts.

search_by_personC

Find all DOIs associated with a researcher by ORCID iD or name.

list_repositoriesA

Browse DataCite-registered repositories and data centers. Supports full-text search (Elasticsearch, matches name/alternateName/description) and filtering by clientType or providerId. Returns id, name, symbol, alternateName, clientType, isActive, re3data, prefixes, language, year, created/updated timestamps, and more. Pass includeStats:true to add doiCount (fetched via secondary /dois calls, one per result). Note: viewCount/downloadCount/citationCount are not available from the DataCite API and will not appear even when includeStats:true.

get_repositoryA

Retrieve full metadata for a single DataCite repository (client) by its ID. Returns name, symbol, alternateName, clientType, isActive, re3data, opendoar, issn, prefixes, language, year, created, updated, and more. Pass includeStats:true to add doiCount (fetched via a secondary /dois call). Note: per-client view/download/citation counts are not exposed by the DataCite API.

get_doi_schema_xmlA

Fetch the raw DataCite Metadata Schema XML for a DOI (base64-decoded). Useful for inspecting the complete, canonical metadata record.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription
find-top-works-by-topicFind the top 10 most relevant works in DataCite for a given resource type and subject area.
repository-summaryGenerate a comprehensive metadata quality and activity report for a DataCite repository.
researcher-profileGenerate a researcher profile showing all works registered with DataCite. Provide an ORCID iD for exact matching, or a name for fuzzy search with disambiguation.

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription
datacite-resource-typesThe complete DataCite resourceTypeGeneral controlled vocabulary
datacite-providersAll DataCite member providers (organisations)
datacite-clientsAll DataCite repository clients

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