Dsh Lit Search

io.github.Flan246Published by GitHub account Flan246v0.1.1Updated Nov 7, 2026

Literature search, GB/T 7714/APA citations and BibTeX via Crossref, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar.

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Overview

AI-generated overview

Searches academic literature across Crossref, OpenAlex and Semantic Scholar and formats citations in GB/T 7714, APA or BibTeX, with no API key.

What you can do
  • Search scholarly works by keyword across three sources, merged and deduplicated by DOI, with citation counts and filters for limit, year range and sort order
  • Format a citation for a DOI in GB/T 7714, GB/T 7714 numeric, APA or BibTeX
  • Generate BibTeX entries in batch for a list of DOIs and report which ones failed
  • Find related works for a given DOI through OpenAlex
When to use it
Useful when writing papers or reports that need literature searches, reference lists in Chinese or APA style, or BibTeX files for a reference manager, without signing up for a separate bibliographic API.
Requirements
Runs locally via npx, so Node.js 20 or newer is needed. No API key or account is required. Network access to Crossref, OpenAlex and Semantic Scholar is needed.
Before you install
Results depend on the availability and accuracy of the three external services, and every search or DOI lookup is sent to them. Citation metadata may be incomplete or inconsistent, so verify formatted references before submitting them.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Dsh Lit Search in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Desktop only via STDIO. STDIO servers start a local process, so they need the SourceWeft desktop host.

Other MCP clients

Follow the launch instructions in the repository.

README

dsh-lit-search-mcp

[M8ven Score]

MCP server for academic literature search, citation formatting (GB/T 7714 / APA) and BibTeX generation — Crossref + OpenAlex + Semantic Scholar, merged and deduplicated, no API key needed.

Thin MCP wrapper over dsh-lit-search (also available as a DeepSeek Harness plugin, a CLI, and a SKILL.md).

Tools

ToolWhat it does
lit_searchKeyword search merged across Crossref / OpenAlex / Semantic Scholar, deduplicated by DOI, with citation counts. Options: limit, year_from, year_to, sort (citations/date/relevance).
lit_citeFormat a citation for a DOI: gbt7714 (default, Chinese standard), gbt7714-numeric, apa, bibtex.
lit_bibBatch BibTeX entries for a list of DOIs (reports which DOIs failed).
lit_relatedRelated works for a DOI via OpenAlex.

Install

Claude Code:

bash
claude mcp add lit-search -- npx -y dsh-lit-search-mcp

Any MCP host (Cursor, ChatGPT, ...):

json
{ "mcpServers": { "lit-search": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "dsh-lit-search-mcp"] } } }

Requires Node.js ≥ 20. Listed on the official MCP Registry as io.github.Flan246/dsh-lit-search.

License

MIT

Source: README.md at commit c27ad29

Tools

0
SourceWeft has not started this package in its sandbox yet, so its tools are not known.

Version history

2
  1. v0.1.1LatestNov 7, 2026
  2. v0.1.0Oct 13, 2026

Score

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