MCP Server

io.github.cyanheads/datacite-mcp-server MCP Server

io.github.cyanheads/datacite-mcp-server

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What is the io.github.cyanheads/datacite-mcp-server MCP server?

Search DataCite datasets and software, fetch DOI metadata, trace relations, format citations.

How to install io.github.cyanheads/datacite-mcp-server

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

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

Environment / auth

MCP_LOG_LEVEL
Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn').
DATACITE_CONTACT_EMAIL
Contact email sent in the User-Agent as mailto: (never a URL parameter). Moves requests to DataCite's identified tier (1,000 per 5 minutes per IP instead of 500).
DATACITE_MAX_REQUESTS_PER_5MIN
Request budget per 5-minute window, 50-1000. Default 800 with a contact email, 400 without; divide it across replicas sharing one egress IP.
MCP_HTTP_HOST
The hostname for the HTTP server.
MCP_HTTP_PORT
The port to run the HTTP server on.
MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH
The endpoint path for the MCP server.
MCP_AUTH_MODE
Authentication mode to use: 'none', 'jwt', or 'oauth'.

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datacite-mcp-server": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/datacite-mcp-server",
        "run",
        "start:stdio"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "DATACITE_CONTACT_EMAIL": "<YOUR_DATACITE_CONTACT_EMAIL>",
        "DATACITE_MAX_REQUESTS_PER_5MIN": "<YOUR_DATACITE_MAX_REQUESTS_PER_5MIN>",
        "MCP_HTTP_HOST": "<YOUR_MCP_HTTP_HOST>",
        "MCP_HTTP_PORT": "<YOUR_MCP_HTTP_PORT>",
        "MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH": "<YOUR_MCP_HTTP_ENDPOINT_PATH>",
        "MCP_AUTH_MODE": "<YOUR_MCP_AUTH_MODE>"
      }
    }
  }
}