OpenAlex MCP Server (reetp14/openalex-mcp) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. It scores 53 out of 100, grade D. It declares 11 tools. No publisher has claimed this listing.

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OpenAlex MCP Server

openalex-mcp is a mcp server which provide AI agents with tools to interact with OpenAlex.

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// key findings
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Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 13 high
Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.
✅
No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
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Open source with a license and README
Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.
🔐
You'll be asked for 1 credential: OPENALEX_BEARER_TOKEN
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// tools this server exposes11 tools

These names and descriptions are the publisher's own, read from the source code. We print them as written. Our assessment is the findings above, not this list.

search_works

Search scholarly works in OpenAlex

search_authors

Search authors and researchers

search_sources

Search journals and sources

search_institutions

Search institutions

search_topics

Search research topics (formerly concepts)

search_publishers

Search publishers

search_funders

Search funders

get_entity

Get a single entity by its OpenAlex ID

autocomplete

Type ahead search across any OpenAlex entity type

classify_text

Classify arbitrary text to predict research concepts and confidence scores

get_filterable_fields

Get a list of filterable field names and their types for a specified OpenAlex entity.

// known CVEs in dependencies13 high5 medium12 low

Disclosed vulnerabilities in this server's declared npm dependencies (via OSV). Whether each is reachable depends on the installed versions.

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@0.6.0GHSA-w48q-cv73-mx4w

Model Context Protocol (MCP) TypeScript SDK does not enable DNS rebinding protection by default

highaxios@1.9.0GHSA-35jp-ww65-95wh

axios Vulnerable to Full Man-in-the-Middle via Prototype Pollution Gadget in `config.proxy`

highaxios@1.9.0GHSA-3g43-6gmg-66jw

axios Vulnerable to Credential Theft and Response Hijacking via Prototype Pollution Gadget in Config Merge

highaxios@1.9.0GHSA-43fc-jf86-j433

Axios is Vulnerable to Denial of Service via __proto__ Key in mergeConfig

highaxios@1.9.0GHSA-4hjh-wcwx-xvwj

Axios is vulnerable to DoS attack through lack of data size check

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// environment variables
To run this server yourself, you supply these values. They go in your own MCP client configuration and stay on your machine. The secret label means the value is sensitive, not that the server mishandles it.
🔐 secretOPENALEX_BEARER_TOKENBearer token for authenticated API access (optional)
configOPENALEX_DEFAULT_EMAILDefault email for rate limiting when no mailto parameter provided
// quality suggestions

Tool annotations

No tools have read-only/destructive annotations

Add readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations to every tool so hosts can warn users before invoking.

All four hints declared on every tool

11/11 tools missing one or more hints — search_works (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); search_authors (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); search_sources (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +8 more. OpenAI's directory rejects tools where any of the four hints are missing or non-boolean.

For every tool, set all four hints (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint) to explicit true/false values that match the handler’s actual behaviour.

Tests exist

No test files found

Add tests that exercise each declared tool.

Production dependencies are patched

0 critical, 13 high severity in production deps — @modelcontextprotocol/sdk@0.6.0 (high), axios@1.9.0 (high)

Run npm audit fix, or upgrade the affected packages to a non-vulnerable version.

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// improvement guidance — verified publishers only
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