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package/LICENSE

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package/README.md

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+# @pipeworx/mcp-openalex
+
+MCP server for scholarly works, authors, and institutions via the [OpenAlex API](https://openalex.org/). Free, no authentication required.
+
+## Tools
+
+| Tool | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+| `search_works` | Search scholarly works (papers, books, datasets) by keyword |
+| `search_authors` | Search researchers and authors by name |
+| `search_institutions` | Search academic institutions by name |
+| `get_concept` | Look up an academic concept or field of study |
+
+## Quickstart via Pipeworx Gateway
+
+```bash
+curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp \
+  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+  -d '{
+    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+    "method": "tools/call",
+    "params": {
+      "name": "openalex__search_works",
+      "arguments": { "query": "transformer neural networks", "limit": 5 }
+    },
+    "id": 1
+  }'
+```
+
+## License
+
+MIT

package/package.json

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+{
+  "name": "@pipeworx/mcp-openalex",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "description": "MCP server for scholarly works, authors, and institutions via OpenAlex API",
+  "main": "src/index.ts",
+  "types": "src/index.ts",
+  "files": ["src"],
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc",
+    "check": "tsc --noEmit"
+  },
+  "keywords": ["mcp", "mcp-server", "model-context-protocol", "pipeworx", "openalex", "academic", "scholarly", "research"],
+  "author": "Pipeworx",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "typescript": "^5.0.0"
+  }
+}

package/src/index.ts

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+/**
+ * OpenAlex MCP — wraps the OpenAlex API (scholarly works, free, no auth)
+ *
+ * Tools:
+ * - search_works: search scholarly works by keyword
+ * - search_authors: search researchers/authors by name
+ * - search_institutions: search academic institutions by name
+ * - get_concept: look up an academic concept/field of study
+ */
+
+interface McpToolDefinition {
+  name: string;
+  description: string;
+  inputSchema: {
+    type: 'object';
+    properties: Record<string, unknown>;
+    required?: string[];
+  };
+}
+
+interface McpToolExport {
+  tools: McpToolDefinition[];
+  callTool: (name: string, args: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<unknown>;
+}
+
+const BASE = 'https://api.openalex.org';
+
+// -- API Response Types --
+
+type OpenAlexMeta = {
+  count: number;
+  db_response_time_ms: number;
+  page: number;
+  per_page: number;
+};
+
+type OpenAlexAuthorship = {
+  author: { id: string; display_name: string; orcid: string | null };
+  institutions: Array<{ id: string; display_name: string; country_code: string | null }>;
+};
+
+type OpenAlexConcept = {
+  id: string;
+  display_name: string;
+  score?: number;
+  level?: number;
+};
+
+type OpenAlexWork = {
+  id: string;
+  doi: string | null;
+  title: string | null;
+  display_name: string | null;
+  publication_year: number | null;
+  publication_date: string | null;
+  type: string | null;
+  open_access: { is_oa: boolean; oa_url: string | null } | null;
+  authorships: OpenAlexAuthorship[];
+  cited_by_count: number;
+  concepts: OpenAlexConcept[];
+  primary_location: {
+    source: { display_name: string | null; issn: string[] | null } | null;
+  } | null;
+  abstract_inverted_index: Record<string, number[]> | null;
+};
+
+type OpenAlexAuthor = {
+  id: string;
+  display_name: string;
+  orcid: string | null;
+  works_count: number;
+  cited_by_count: number;
+  last_known_institution: {
+    display_name: string | null;
+    country_code: string | null;
+  } | null;
+  x_concepts: OpenAlexConcept[];
+  updated_date: string | null;
+};
+
+type OpenAlexInstitution = {
+  id: string;
+  display_name: string;
+  ror: string | null;
+  country_code: string | null;
+  type: string | null;
+  works_count: number;
+  cited_by_count: number;
+  homepage_url: string | null;
+  x_concepts: OpenAlexConcept[];
+};
+
+type OpenAlexConceptFull = {
+  id: string;
+  display_name: string;
+  level: number;
+  description: string | null;
+  works_count: number;
+  cited_by_count: number;
+  ancestors: Array<{ id: string; display_name: string; level: number }>;
+  related_concepts: Array<{ id: string; display_name: string; level: number; score: number }>;
+};
+
+type OpenAlexListResponse<T> = {
+  meta: OpenAlexMeta;
+  results: T[];
+};
+
+// -- Helpers --
+
+/**
+ * Reconstruct abstract from OpenAlex's inverted index format.
+ * The inverted index maps each word to the positions it appears at.
+ */
+function reconstructAbstract(invertedIndex: Record<string, number[]> | null): string | null {
+  if (!invertedIndex) return null;
+  const entries: Array<[number, string]> = [];
+  for (const [word, positions] of Object.entries(invertedIndex)) {
+    for (const pos of positions) {
+      entries.push([pos, word]);
+    }
+  }
+  entries.sort((a, b) => a[0] - b[0]);
+  return entries.map(([, word]) => word).join(' ');
+}
+
+function mapWork(w: OpenAlexWork) {
+  return {
+    id: w.id,
+    doi: w.doi ?? null,
+    title: w.display_name ?? w.title ?? null,
+    publication_year: w.publication_year ?? null,
+    type: w.type ?? null,
+    open_access: w.open_access?.is_oa ?? false,
+    oa_url: w.open_access?.oa_url ?? null,
+    cited_by_count: w.cited_by_count,
+    journal: w.primary_location?.source?.display_name ?? null,
+    authors: w.authorships.map((a) => a.author.display_name),
+    concepts: w.concepts.slice(0, 5).map((c) => c.display_name),
+    abstract: reconstructAbstract(w.abstract_inverted_index),
+  };
+}
+
+// -- Tool Definitions --
+
+const tools: McpToolExport['tools'] = [
+  {
+    name: 'search_works',
+    description:
+      'Search scholarly works (papers, books, datasets) in the OpenAlex index. Returns title, authors, journal, year, citation count, and abstract.',
+    inputSchema: {
+      type: 'object',
+      properties: {
+        query: { type: 'string', description: 'Search query (e.g., "transformer neural networks")' },
+        limit: {
+          type: 'number',
+          description: 'Number of results to return (1-25, default 10)',
+        },
+      },
+      required: ['query'],
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'search_authors',
+    description:
+      'Search researchers and authors by name in OpenAlex. Returns display name, ORCID, institution, works count, and citation count.',
+    inputSchema: {
+      type: 'object',
+      properties: {
+        query: { type: 'string', description: 'Author name to search for (e.g., "Yoshua Bengio")' },
+        limit: {
+          type: 'number',
+          description: 'Number of results to return (1-25, default 10)',
+        },
+      },
+      required: ['query'],
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'search_institutions',
+    description:
+      'Search academic institutions (universities, research labs) by name in OpenAlex. Returns name, country, type, works count, and top concepts.',
+    inputSchema: {
+      type: 'object',
+      properties: {
+        query: { type: 'string', description: 'Institution name to search for (e.g., "MIT")' },
+        limit: {
+          type: 'number',
+          description: 'Number of results to return (1-25, default 10)',
+        },
+      },
+      required: ['query'],
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'get_concept',
+    description:
+      'Look up an academic concept or field of study by name. Returns description, works count, related concepts, and ancestor concepts in the hierarchy.',
+    inputSchema: {
+      type: 'object',
+      properties: {
+        query: { type: 'string', description: 'Concept name to look up (e.g., "deep learning")' },
+      },
+      required: ['query'],
+    },
+  },
+];
+
+// -- Tool Implementations --
+
+async function searchWorks(query: string, limit: number) {
+  const perPage = Math.min(25, Math.max(1, limit));
+  const params = new URLSearchParams({ search: query, per_page: String(perPage) });
+
+  const res = await fetch(`${BASE}/works?${params}`);
+  if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`OpenAlex works search error: ${res.status}`);
+
+  const data = (await res.json()) as OpenAlexListResponse<OpenAlexWork>;
+
+  return {
+    total: data.meta.count,
+    results: data.results.map(mapWork),
+  };
+}
+
+async function searchAuthors(query: string, limit: number) {
+  const perPage = Math.min(25, Math.max(1, limit));
+  const params = new URLSearchParams({ search: query, per_page: String(perPage) });
+
+  const res = await fetch(`${BASE}/authors?${params}`);
+  if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`OpenAlex authors search error: ${res.status}`);
+
+  const data = (await res.json()) as OpenAlexListResponse<OpenAlexAuthor>;
+
+  return {
+    total: data.meta.count,
+    results: data.results.map((a) => ({
+      id: a.id,
+      display_name: a.display_name,
+      orcid: a.orcid ?? null,
+      works_count: a.works_count,
+      cited_by_count: a.cited_by_count,
+      last_known_institution: a.last_known_institution?.display_name ?? null,
+      institution_country: a.last_known_institution?.country_code ?? null,
+      top_concepts: a.x_concepts.slice(0, 5).map((c) => c.display_name),
+    })),
+  };
+}
+
+async function searchInstitutions(query: string, limit: number) {
+  const perPage = Math.min(25, Math.max(1, limit));
+  const params = new URLSearchParams({ search: query, per_page: String(perPage) });
+
+  const res = await fetch(`${BASE}/institutions?${params}`);
+  if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`OpenAlex institutions search error: ${res.status}`);
+
+  const data = (await res.json()) as OpenAlexListResponse<OpenAlexInstitution>;
+
+  return {
+    total: data.meta.count,
+    results: data.results.map((i) => ({
+      id: i.id,
+      display_name: i.display_name,
+      ror: i.ror ?? null,
+      country_code: i.country_code ?? null,
+      type: i.type ?? null,
+      works_count: i.works_count,
+      cited_by_count: i.cited_by_count,
+      homepage_url: i.homepage_url ?? null,
+      top_concepts: i.x_concepts.slice(0, 5).map((c) => c.display_name),
+    })),
+  };
+}
+
+async function getConcept(query: string) {
+  const params = new URLSearchParams({ search: query, per_page: '1' });
+
+  const res = await fetch(`${BASE}/concepts?${params}`);
+  if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`OpenAlex concepts search error: ${res.status}`);
+
+  const data = (await res.json()) as OpenAlexListResponse<OpenAlexConceptFull>;
+
+  if (data.results.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error(`No concept found for: "${query}"`);
+  }
+
+  const c = data.results[0];
+
+  return {
+    id: c.id,
+    display_name: c.display_name,
+    level: c.level,
+    description: c.description ?? null,
+    works_count: c.works_count,
+    cited_by_count: c.cited_by_count,
+    ancestors: c.ancestors.map((a) => ({ name: a.display_name, level: a.level })),
+    related_concepts: c.related_concepts
+      .slice(0, 10)
+      .map((r) => ({ name: r.display_name, level: r.level, score: r.score })),
+  };
+}
+
+// -- Dispatcher --
+
+async function callTool(name: string, args: Record<string, unknown>): Promise<unknown> {
+  switch (name) {
+    case 'search_works':
+      return searchWorks(args.query as string, (args.limit as number) ?? 10);
+    case 'search_authors':
+      return searchAuthors(args.query as string, (args.limit as number) ?? 10);
+    case 'search_institutions':
+      return searchInstitutions(args.query as string, (args.limit as number) ?? 10);
+    case 'get_concept':
+      return getConcept(args.query as string);
+    default:
+      throw new Error(`Unknown tool: ${name}`);
+  }
+}
+
+export default { tools, callTool } satisfies McpToolExport;