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github.com/SMABoundlessSearch0Updated 17w ago
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About orcid

An MCP server for researchers and literature workflows, enabling ORCID registry search, profile and publication retrieval, and citation export in RIS or BibTeX.

Key features

  1. 01Search researchers by name, affiliation, keyword, DOI, or Solr query
  2. 02Read profile, employment, education, and keywords
  3. 03Retrieve publications from ORCID records
  4. 04Export works as RIS or BibTeX

Use cases

  1. 01Find researchers by institution or research topic
  2. 02Review an ORCID profile and its publications
  3. 03Prepare citations for Zotero or EndNote

MCP support

Exposes ORCID search, profile, works, and citation-export tools to MCP clients, using the ORCID Public API v3.0.

Configuration

Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.

mcp.json · Universal config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "smaboundless-orcid": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "orcid-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ORCID_CLIENT_ID": "<ORCID_CLIENT_ID>",
        "ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET": "<ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Run commanduvx orcid-mcp-server
Environment variables to set
ORCID_CLIENT_IDSecretORCID API client ID from https://orcid.org/developer-tools
ORCID_CLIENT_SECRETSecretORCID API client secret

Local servers need a runtime on your machine (e.g. Node.js 18+). Config file locations differ by client; see your client’s docs.

Packages
pypiorcid-mcp-server1.0.0

Tools

No tool list yet

Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.

Details

From the project README

ORCID MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides tools for searching the ORCID registry, reading researcher profiles, retrieving publications, and exporting citations in RIS and BibTeX formats.

Built with FastMCP and the ORCID Public API v3.0.

Tools

ToolDescription
orcid_searchSearch for researchers by name, affiliation, keyword, DOI, or advanced Solr query
orcid_read_recordRead a researcher's full profile (bio, employment, education, keywords)
orcid_read_worksGet publications from a researcher's ORCID record
orcid_export_risExport retrieved works as RIS (for Zotero, EndNote, etc.)
orcid_export_bibtexExport retrieved works as BibTeX

Setup

1. Get ORCID API credentials

Register for free public API credentials at ORCID Developer Tools.

2. Install
cd orcid-mcp-server
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
3. Configure environment

Copy the example env file and add your credentials:

cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your ORCID_CLIENT_ID and ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET
4. Add to Claude Desktop

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "orcid-mcp": {
      "command": "/path/to/orcid-mcp-server/venv/bin/python",
      "args": ["/path/to/orcid-mcp-server/server.py"],
      "env": {
        "ORCID_CLIENT_ID": "your-client-id",
        "ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-client-secret"
      }
    }
  }
}

Or if using Claude Code CLI:

claude mcp add orcid-mcp \
  /path/to/orcid-mcp-server/venv/bin/python \
  /path/to/orcid-mcp-server/server.py \
  -e ORCID_CLIENT_ID=your-client-id \
  -e ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET=your-client-secret

Usage examples

Once connected, you can ask Claude things like:

  • "Search ORCID for researchers at Northwestern University working on machine learning"
  • "Look up the ORCID profile for 0000-0002-1825-0097"
  • "Get the publications for this researcher and export them as RIS for Zotero"

License

MIT

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