Crossref Mcp

io.github.mrfentmenPublished by GitHub account mrfentmenv1.0.1Updated Nov 8, 2026

Crossref: search 160M+ scholarly works, DOIs, journals, authors and funders - keyless.

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Overview

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A local MCP server that lets an assistant search scholarly works and resolve DOIs through Crossref, with no API key required.

What you can do
Search scholarly works indexed by Crossref, such as papers and other research records, from a query the assistant supplies. Resolve DOIs to look up the record behind a given identifier. Both capabilities are described at a high level only; the manifest lists no individual tools, so exact parameters and result fields are not documented here.
When to use it
Useful when an assistant needs to find academic or scholarly references, check that a DOI exists, or pull bibliographic details for a citation while researching a topic.
Requirements
Runs as a local process on the user's machine, installed from the npm package crossref-mcp over stdio, so Node.js and npm are needed. No authentication, API keys, environment variables or headers are declared. Network access to Crossref is implied by the service it queries.
Before you install
Queries and DOIs are sent to Crossref, a third-party service, so research topics become visible to it. No credentials are requested, which limits exposure. The manifest lists no tools, so verify what it actually exposes before relying on it.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Crossref Mcp 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

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Tools

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Version history

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  1. v1.0.0Sep 22, 2026

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