# OpenAIRE MCP Server

> Use this tool when you need to explore scholarly publications, datasets, and software, and discover citation relationships to retrieve relevant metadata. It solves problems related to research discovery, citation analysis, and metadata retrieval by providing access to the OpenAIRE Research Graph and ScholExplorer citation index. The tool takes queries as input and returns metadata and citation relationships as output, ideal for use cases requiring in-depth research insights and academic knowledge graph exploration.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/cessda-cessda-ai-mcp-openaire  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/cessda-cessda-ai-mcp-openaire

## Description

Enables AI assistants to explore the OpenAIRE Research Graph and ScholExplorer citation index, discovering citation relationships and retrieving metadata for publications, datasets, and software.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.70
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-31

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** ai-ml
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/it9eis37q6)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/cessda/cessda.ai.mcp.openaire>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "cessda-cessda-ai-mcp-openaire"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/cessda-cessda-ai-mcp-openaire` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/cessda-cessda-ai-mcp-openaire/pull`

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