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  "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
  "name": "io.github.cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server",
  "description": "Access the OpenAlex academic research catalog — 270M+ publications.",
  "repository": {
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    "source": "github"
  },
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  "remotes": [
    {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://openalex.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  ],
  "packages": [
    {
      "registryType": "npm",
      "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
      "identifier": "@cyanheads/openalex-mcp-server",
      "runtimeHint": "node",
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      "packageArguments": [
        {
          "type": "positional",
          "value": "run"
        },
        {
          "type": "positional",
          "value": "start:stdio"
        }
      ],
      "environmentVariables": [
        {
          "name": "OPENALEX_API_KEY",
          "description": "OpenAlex account API key, sent as api_key= - optional (free from https://openalex.org/settings/api). Without it, anonymous rate limits apply.",
          "format": "string",
          "isRequired": false
        },
        {
          "name": "OPENALEX_MAILTO",
          "description": "Optional email sent as mailto= to identify yourself to OpenAlex (the polite pool). Separate from the API key.",
          "format": "string",
          "isRequired": false
        },
        {
          "name": "OPENALEX_BASE_URL",
          "description": "OpenAlex API base URL.",
          "format": "string",
          "isRequired": false,
          "default": "https://api.openalex.org"
        },
        {
          "name": "MCP_LOG_LEVEL",
          "description": "Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').",
          "format": "string",
          "isRequired": false,
          "default": "info"
        }
      ],
      "transport": {
        "type": "stdio"
      }
    },
    {
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        }
      ],
      "environmentVariables": [
        {
          "name": "OPENALEX_API_KEY",
          "description": "OpenAlex account API key, sent as api_key= - optional (free from https://openalex.org/settings/api). Without it, anonymous rate limits apply.",
          "format": "string",
          "isRequired": false
        },
        {
          "name": "OPENALEX_MAILTO",
          "description": "Optional email sent as mailto= to identify yourself to OpenAlex (the polite pool). Separate from the API key.",
          "format": "string",
          "isRequired": false
        },
        {
          "name": "OPENALEX_BASE_URL",
          "description": "OpenAlex API base URL.",
          "format": "string",
          "isRequired": false,
          "default": "https://api.openalex.org"
        },
        {
          "name": "MCP_HTTP_HOST",
          "description": "The hostname for the HTTP server.",
          "format": "string",
          "isRequired": false,
          "default": "127.0.0.1"
        },
        {
          "name": "MCP_HTTP_PORT",
          "description": "The port to run the HTTP server on.",
          "format": "string",
          "isRequired": false,
          "default": "3010"
        },
        {
          "name": "MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH",
          "description": "The endpoint path for the MCP server.",
          "format": "string",
          "isRequired": false,
          "default": "/mcp"
        },
        {
          "name": "MCP_AUTH_MODE",
          "description": "Authentication mode to use: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'.",
          "format": "string",
          "isRequired": false,
          "default": "none"
        },
        {
          "name": "MCP_LOG_LEVEL",
          "description": "Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').",
          "format": "string",
          "isRequired": false,
          "default": "info"
        }
      ],
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        "type": "streamable-http",
        "url": "http://localhost:3010/mcp"
      }
    }
  ]
}