Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to oksure/openalex-research-mcp. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oksure/openalex-research-mcp/master/CLAUDE.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/oksure/openalex-research-mcpWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/instructions/oksure/openalex-research-mcp/claude-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/oksure/openalex-research-mcp/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/oksure/openalex-research-mcp/claude-md/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/oksure/openalex-research-mcp/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/oksure/openalex-research-mcp/claude-md.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.02844 | $0.02844 |
| Opus 5 | $0.01422 | $0.01422 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00569 | $0.00569 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00284 | $0.00284 |
Grade A, and why
openalex-research-mcp CLAUDE.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 283 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Developer Guide for Claude Code
This file provides guidance for AI assistants (particularly Claude Code) when working with this codebase.
Project Overview
An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server providing access to the OpenAlex API for literature review and research landscaping. Exposes 31 specialized tools through the MCP protocol, enabling AI assistants to search 240+ million scholarly works, analyze citations, track research trends, and map collaboration networks.
Architecture
Module Structure
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OpenAlex Client Layer (
src/openalex-client.ts)- Handles HTTP communication with OpenAlex API (api.openalex.org)
- Manages rate limiting (10 req/s, 100K req/day) and 429 error handling with bounded retry
- Implements "polite pool" access via email parameter or API key
- Key methods:
getEntity(),searchEntities(),autocomplete(),getWorks(),getAuthors(), etc.
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MCP Server Layer (
src/index.ts)- Implements stdio transport for MCP protocol
- Defines 31 tools organized into 7 categories (see README for tool list)
- Contains tool handler switch block
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Supporting Modules
src/presets.ts— VENUE_PRESETS (9 journal/conference lists) and INSTITUTION_GROUPS (7 presets)src/formatters.ts— Response formatting:summarizeWork(),getFullWorkDetails(),reconstructAbstract(), etc.src/filter.ts—buildFilter()maps MCP tool params to OpenAlex filter format (exported for testing)src/config.ts— Configuration constants anddebug()helper (gated onOPENALEX_DEBUG)src/validation.ts— Zod schemas for input validation
Key Design Patterns
Response Optimization
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List operations (search, citations, etc.): Use
summarizeWork()to return compact summaries- Authors limited to first 5 (with
authors_truncatedflag) - Only primary topic included
- Abstracts truncated to 500 chars
- Typical response: ~1.7 KB per work (down from ~10+ KB)
- Authors limited to first 5 (with
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Single work retrieval (
get_work): UsegetFullWorkDetails()to return complete information- ALL authors with positions (first, middle, last), institutions, ORCID IDs, corresponding author flags
- Full abstract reconstructed from inverted index
- All topics (not just primary)
- Complete bibliographic data, funding, keywords
- Use this when detailed author information is needed (e.g., identifying PIs, corresponding authors)
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 9d ago First seen · 283 lines · 2,844 tokens per session scan A b14c1d82552c
openalex-research-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository oksure/openalex-research-mcp (50 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 2,844 tokens to every session, about $0.0142 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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