io.github.SMABoundless/orcid MCP Server

Name: io.github.SMABoundless/orcid MCP Server
Author: io.github.SMABoundless

io.github.SMABoundless/orcid

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What is the io.github.SMABoundless/orcid MCP server?

Search ORCID researcher profiles, retrieve works, and export citations

How to install io.github.SMABoundless/orcid

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

ORCID_CLIENT_ID
required
secret
ORCID API client ID from https://orcid.org/developer-tools
ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET
required
secret
ORCID API client secret

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "orcid": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "orcid-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ORCID_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_ORCID_CLIENT_ID>",
        "ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "orcid": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "orcid-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ORCID_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_ORCID_CLIENT_ID>",
        "ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "orcid": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "orcid-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ORCID_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_ORCID_CLIENT_ID>",
        "ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "orcid": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "orcid-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ORCID_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_ORCID_CLIENT_ID>",
        "ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add orcid --env ORCID_CLIENT_ID=<YOUR_ORCID_CLIENT_ID> --env ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET> -- uvx orcid-mcp-server

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