unpaywall

latest · 1.0.1

Open-access availability for 120M+ scholarly articles via the Unpaywall API

GitHub: SMABoundless/unpaywall-mcp-server.git
MCP registry: io.github.smaboundless/unpaywall

Install

Needs an env var: UNPAYWALL_EMAIL — replace the <placeholders> with your values.

claude mcp add io-github-smaboundless-unpaywall --env UNPAYWALL_EMAIL=<UNPAYWALL_EMAIL> -- uvx unpaywall-mcp-server

/mcp confirms it's connected.

Install

Or add it manually in ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-smaboundless-unpaywall": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "unpaywall-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "<UNPAYWALL_EMAIL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

In claude_desktop_config.json (Settings → Developer → Edit Config), then restart:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-smaboundless-unpaywall": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "unpaywall-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "<UNPAYWALL_EMAIL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config entry, any MCP client:

{
  "command": "uvx",
  "args": [
    "unpaywall-mcp-server"
  ],
  "env": {
    "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "<UNPAYWALL_EMAIL>"
  }
}

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