OpenAlex Research Papers Scraper: citations, abstracts, PDFs for Zed

io.github.bepolabs/openalex-works

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

client:Zed transport:streamable-http

Install OpenAlex Research Papers Scraper: citations, abstracts, PDFs in Zed

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

{
  "context_servers": {
    "openalex-works": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=bepolabs/openalex-works"
    }
  }
}

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