OpenAlex MCP Server for Zed

io.github.agenticsolutions-hq/openalex-mcp

Search OpenAlex papers, authors, institutions and citations. Hosted on Apify; needs an Apify token.

client:Zed transport:streamable-http

Install OpenAlex MCP Server in Zed

~/.config/zed/settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json

{
  "context_servers": {
    "openalex-mcp": {
      "url": "https://agentic-solutions--openalex-mcp.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Merge this into your existing settings object — do not replace the file. Zed docs