crossref-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROSSREF_MCP_MAILTO | No | Email address for Crossref's 'polite pool' — higher rate limits, faster responses |
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
| logging | {} |
| prompts | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| resources | {
"subscribe": false,
"listChanged": false
} |
| extensions | {
"io.modelcontextprotocol/ui": {}
} |
| experimental | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| search_worksA | Search Crossref works (publications) by free-text query and/or filters. Use Examples: search_works(query="machine learning", rows=5) search_works(filter="from-pub-date:2024-01-01,until-pub-date:2024-12-31", sort="published", order="desc") search_works(query="crispr", select="DOI,title,author,published", cursor="*") |
| get_workA | Get full metadata for a single work identified by its DOI. Examples: get_work(doi="10.1038/nature12373") get_work(doi="10.1001/jama.2020.7681") |
| get_work_agencyA | Get the registration agency responsible for a given DOI. Examples: get_work_agency(doi="10.1038/nature12373") |
| list_journalsC | List or search Crossref journals by free-text query. Examples: list_journals(query="nature", rows=5) list_journals(cursor="*", rows=50) |
| get_journalA | Get metadata for a single journal identified by its ISSN. Examples: get_journal(issn="0028-0836") |
| get_journal_worksB | List works published in a journal identified by its ISSN. Examples: get_journal_works(issn="0028-0836", rows=10) get_journal_works(issn="0028-0836", query="crispr", cursor="*") |
| list_fundersB | List or search funding bodies in the Crossref Funder Registry. Examples: list_funders(query="national science", rows=10) list_funders(filter="location:United States", rows=5) |
| get_funderA | Get metadata for a single funder identified by its Funder Registry ID. Examples: get_funder(funder_id="100000001") |
| list_membersC | List or search Crossref members (publishers). Examples: list_members(query="elsevier", rows=5) list_members(filter="has-public-references:true", rows=10) |
| list_types_and_licensesB | List all available Crossref work types and the licenses seen in the corpus. Examples: list_types_and_licenses() |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
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