io.github.SMABoundless/unpaywall MCP Server

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

io.github.SMABoundless/unpaywall

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

Open-access availability for 120M+ scholarly articles via the Unpaywall API

How to install io.github.SMABoundless/unpaywall

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

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

Environment / auth

UNPAYWALL_EMAIL
required
Your email address — required by the Unpaywall API as an identifier (no API key needed). See https://unpaywall.org/products/api

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unpaywall": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "unpaywall-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "<YOUR_UNPAYWALL_EMAIL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unpaywall": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "unpaywall-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "<YOUR_UNPAYWALL_EMAIL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unpaywall": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "unpaywall-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "<YOUR_UNPAYWALL_EMAIL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "unpaywall": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "unpaywall-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "<YOUR_UNPAYWALL_EMAIL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add unpaywall --env UNPAYWALL_EMAIL=<YOUR_UNPAYWALL_EMAIL> -- uvx unpaywall-mcp-server

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