fetch vs openalex-research-mcp

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	fetch by modelcontextprotocol	openalex-research-mcp by oksure
Stars	★ 85,748	★ 26
30d uses	—	—
Score	76	44
Official	✓	—
Categories	Web ScrapingAI / LLM ToolsProductivity	AI / LLM ToolsKnowledge GraphSearch
Language	TypeScript	JavaScript
Last commit	this month	1 mo ago

fetch · Summary

An MCP server that fetches web content and converts HTML to markdown, allowing LLMs to read web pages.

openalex-research-mcp · Summary

MCP server providing access to 240M+ scholarly works through 31 specialized tools for research analysis and literature reviews.

fetch · Use cases

LLMs reading news articles and blogs
Content analysis of web pages
Retrieving information from public websites
Chunked reading of large web documents

openalex-research-mcp · Use cases

Conduct systematic literature reviews with citation network analysis
Track research trends and evolution in specific academic fields
Identify leading researchers and institutions in specific domains

fetch · Install

Installation

**Using uv (recommended)** No specific installation needed. Use uvx to run the server directly:

uvx mcp-server-fetch

**Using PIP** Install via pip:

pip install mcp-server-fetch

Then run as:

python -m mcp_server_fetch

Claude Desktop Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fetch": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-fetch"]
    }
  }
}

openalex-research-mcp · Install

Installation

Option 1: Install from npm (Recommended)

# Install globally
npm install -g openalex-research-mcp

# Or use directly with npx (no installation needed)
npx openalex-research-mcp

Option 2: Install from source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/oksure/openalex-research-mcp.git
cd openalex-research-mcp

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the TypeScript code
npm run build

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop config file:

**MacOS**: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json **Windows**: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openalex": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "openalex-research-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OPENALEX_EMAIL": "your.email@example.com"
      }
    }
  }
}

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