No red flags found in any of the 11 categories — no credential harvesting, no data exfiltration, no curl-pipe-shell installer. Scanned against the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, refreshed every 8 hours. Full audit →
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OpenAlex MCP Server A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to OpenAlex, a comprehensive open catalog of scholarly papers, authors, institutions, and more. Designed to empower AI assistants to conduct literature reviews, analyze research trends, and map the scholarly landscape. Quick Install This auto-detects your Claude Desktop config, prompts for your email and optional API key, writes the config, and verifies connectivity — all in one step. Restart Claude Desktop when done. Flags: — print the config JSON without writing anything — print the detected config file path and exit — non-interactive / scripted mode Features: ⚡️ In-memory caching with TTL for fast repeated requests 🔄 Retry logic with exponential backoff for resilient API calls ✅ Input validation with Zod schemas 🏥 Health check tool for monitoring 📊 31 specialized tools for research 🎓 Curated journal presets — UTD24, FT50, AJG/ABS tiers, top AI conferences, and more 🏛️ Institution group presets — Ivy League, Top US, INSEAD+London, and more Features Access 240+ million scholarly works through 31 specialized tools: Literature Search & Discovery searchworks: Advanced search with Boolean operators,...
| Stars | 55 |
| Forks | 13 |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Category | MCP Server |
| License | MIT |
| Quality Score | 75.5852594108716/100 |
| Open Issues | 3 |
| Last Updated | 2026-10-01 |
| Created | 2025-10-05 |
| Platforms | claude-code, mcp, node |
| Est. Tokens | ~18k |
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openalex-research-mcp is MCP server for the OpenAlex API — search 240M+ scholarly works, analyze citations, track research trends, and map collaboration networks. It is categorized as a MCP Server with 55 GitHub stars.
openalex-research-mcp is primarily written in TypeScript. It covers topics such as academic, ai-tools, bibliometrics.
You can find installation instructions and usage details in the openalex-research-mcp GitHub repository at github.com/oksure/openalex-research-mcp. The project has 55 stars and 13 forks, indicating an active community.
openalex-research-mcp is released under the MIT license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.
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Grades come from a rule-based scan built on the SlowMist agent-security taxonomy, covering 11 red-flag categories including credential harvesting, data exfiltration, and curl | sh installers. It is a first-layer scan, not a manual audit — we say so rather than overstate it.
The scale of the problem is documented independently: Liu et al. (2026), in a study of 31,132 agent skills, report that 26.1% contain security vulnerabilities. Our own full-catalog census is published as a citable open dataset.
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