# mcp-openalex

> mcp-openalex — pipeworx-io-mcp-openalex. Use this tool when you need to access scholarly works, authors, and institutions via the OpenAlex API, to retrieve and manage academic data, or to integrate scholarly information into your applications. It takes API queries as input and returns relevant data on publications, authors, and institutions as output. Ideal for use cases involving academic research, bibliometrics, or institutional analysis.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-openalex  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-openalex

## Description

MCP server for scholarly works, authors, and institutions via OpenAlex API

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 1.00
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **Category:** other
- **Updated:** 2026-09-26

## Source

- **Source listing:** [GitHub](https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-openalex)

## 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": "pipeworx-io-mcp-openalex"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-openalex` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pipeworx-io-mcp-openalex/pull`

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