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OpenAlex Research Papers Scraper: citations, abstracts, PDFs for Claude Desktop

io.github.bepolabs/openalex-works

Citations, abstracts, PDFs, as one MCP tool through Apify

client:Claude Desktop transport:streamable-http

Install OpenAlex Research Papers Scraper: citations, abstracts, PDFs in Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openalex-works": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=bepolabs/openalex-works"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop has no remote transport in its config file, so this bridges through mcp-remote. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs

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