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maintenanceMCP server for the OpenAlex scholarly database, providing AI agents with tools to search and retrieve academic works, authors, and institutions via natural language queries.
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MIT
openalex-mcp
by ckgerteis
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TDQS
A4.1/5.0
Scored across 8 tools
Disambiguation4/5
Each tool targets a distinct entity or relationship: get vs search for authors/works, plus dedicated searches for sources and institutions, and two relationship-specific work queries (cited_by, author_works). The only slight overlap is that oa_search_works, oa_cited_by, and oa_author_works all return works, but their purposes are clearly separated by identifier filters versus term search.
Naming Consistency4/5
All tools share the oa_ prefix and use a readable snake_case pattern: get_<entity> for lookups and search_<entity> for searches. oa_cited_by and oa_author_works break the simple verb_noun pattern but are still intuitive and consistent with the relationship-focused actions.
Tool Count5/5
Eight tools is a well-scoped set for a read-only scholarly API wrapper. Each tool covers a meaningful query type without redundancy or bloat.
Completeness4/5
The core OpenAlex surface is well covered: works and authors have both exact lookup and search, with sources and institutions searchable as supporting entities. Minor gaps exist such as no get-by-ID for sources/institutions and no coverage of concepts, publishers, or funders, but the primary scholarly workflows are complete.
Maintenance
ActivityMaintained
ResponsivenessNo issues